Hey Fellas,
So I drove to Fresno (300 miles) to drop off Mom's 97 LX450 and luckily 15 miles from home, all of a sudden I got a ploom of white smoke and radiator fluid dumping out as soon as I got off the free way. Strange thing is, I did not hear or feel a thing.
Looked under the hood, sure enough V belt shredded and twisted up around fan shaft, fluid sprayed everywhere and dump fluid right on to the street. No visible hose damage from up top but will check more closely under the car. Towed it to Mom's.
Fudge, I suspect my great idea of washing the engine bay may have done her in. I normally never use high pressure but I was trying to get rid of all the gunked up debris. I installed the DAYCO belt over 2 years ago without issue, very strange.
Any of you fellas go thru this? A few of the Tacoima group had this issue with their serpentine belt and one reported the shaft seal would need replacing. Do we have something similar?
TIA,
So I drove to Fresno (300 miles) to drop off Mom's 97 LX450 and luckily 15 miles from home, all of a sudden I got a ploom of white smoke and radiator fluid dumping out as soon as I got off the free way. Strange thing is, I did not hear or feel a thing.
Looked under the hood, sure enough V belt shredded and twisted up around fan shaft, fluid sprayed everywhere and dump fluid right on to the street. No visible hose damage from up top but will check more closely under the car. Towed it to Mom's.
Fudge, I suspect my great idea of washing the engine bay may have done her in. I normally never use high pressure but I was trying to get rid of all the gunked up debris. I installed the DAYCO belt over 2 years ago without issue, very strange.
Any of you fellas go thru this? A few of the Tacoima group had this issue with their serpentine belt and one reported the shaft seal would need replacing. Do we have something similar?
TIA,
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