Belt Broke - Car Got Hot....possible damage?

[mheidemanjr]

Ok so I got the tsi running great today , took it down the road for a quick spin around the block. As I was getting on it a little bit the belt started to to squell and than I heard it snap and all the dash lights came one and the the temp gauge shot up to almost max, I limped it the 1 mile back to my house and when I shut it off the coolant was boiling in the over flow and the raditor. It was dark out so I really couldent see much but I'm asuming the water pump and alternator belt sanped but do u think it caused any bad or unfixable damge? I shure hope not

 

[95tsiemad]

You should be fine just replace that belt. Don't over tighten it.

 

[mheidemanjr]

Man I hope I dident fry the head gasket or nothing because I will cry like a little girl.

 

[nuclearr]

It might be fine.
It might have warped the head from overheating. Who knows.

You should replace the belt/s. Check the coolant and oil for cross contamination. You may want to do a leak down test on the cylinders. Or fill the coolant up and watch for the signs of a blown head gasket

 

[perks563]

Make sure you re-tighten the belts after about a month of driving. I put new belts in my car and never re-tightened them and then one day about 3 months later the alt/water pump/power steering belt popped off.

 

[gstcrazy95]

Check your harmonic balancer. i had this issue forever, and it ended up being the harmonic balancer.

 

[mheidemanjr]

Thers no tensionar for the belt...dam I'm glad I got a smoking deal on the car .

 

[AlexPro]

I just had same issue with my belts, pushed hard and belt snap of with a loud gun fire sound...
All light came on... so I putted belt back on and drove about 10 more miles before it snapped off again.
So I opened the hood and started working on putting it back and noticed my AC pulley are bent big time... So I end up cutting the AC belt off and made it home but water pump was making loud nose now... So at the end I replaced Head Gasket=118$, harmonic balancer=89$ and the Water pump=120$.
So check all the pulleys and harmonic balancer... my harmonic balancer was bad and that was caused all of my crises

 

[mheidemanjr]

Well I just redid the belt got a tensioner from the junk yard and put down about 50 miles no issues thus far keep your fingedr crossed for me ..