Re: Strange Noise and belt problem

["jtrealty@xxxx " <jtrealty@xxxx>]

What happened to you is not rare. One of the idler pulley bearings 
seized up and broke the belt. They are easily replaced and put in a 
new belt. If you didn't overheat the motor too much you should be 
alright.
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757




--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx, Joe Palatinus <jpalatinus@xxxx> wrote:
> Well Have I had an interesting weekend or what? After I put my 
Delco
> alternator back in (had to get a bolt tightend and voltage regulator
> replaced) I noticed a squealing noise comming from the engine when 
the
> alternator was under heavey load (A/c max blower 4) It would only 
make
> this noise in idle or low gears. When I took the car to the 
Alternator
> repair shop to ask what they though the noise was, the man assured 
me that
> it was not the Alternator, but that the belt was not tight enough. 
Sure
> enoguht, I got a crow bar, tightened the belt, and had no problems 
for the
> rest of the day. The next morning I got the same noise. The belt 
felt
> loose again, but the tensioner was still at the same place. I 
tightened it
> to max and the noise went away that time as well. Last night, I was
> driving home, and all the sudden, my voltage went to 0, and as I was
> turning on my road, I watched my temperature guage rise like a 
rabbid jack
> rabbit. I made it home on a GUll-wing and a prayer, immediately 
shut off
> the car, and watched the gallons of coolant and smoke spew out. 
After it
> cooled down I went out with a flashlight, and noticed that there
was 
no
> Alternator/Water pump belt. I also noticed a lot of black dust by 
the belt
> drive pulley. ( where the belt was suppsed to be)I had noticed this 
black
> dust before, when the belt was there, but paid not attention to it. 
The
> belt did not simply fall off, it disintegrated. What caused this to
> happen? I was a new belt. 
> Thanks
> Joe Palatinus
> VIN 17167 6808