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just snapped my serpentine belt FMl

Old Oct 3, 2011 | 10:58 PM
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Yeah idk man i am kinda pissed... What ever i dropped it off at the dealership 5min from my house. I hope all goes well i need my car for school..
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Old Oct 4, 2011 | 01:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Bo2point0
^^ If im not mistaken our engines are interference, but this doesnt mean that if the timing chain snaps the valves will always hit the piston.

my old civic is interference and the timing belt snapped and I just replaced it with no problems.
My old talon bent 8 out of 16 valves. Some looked fine until further inspection. Just because they look fine doesn't mean they're not bent.
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Old Oct 4, 2011 | 01:33 AM
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Originally Posted by TVPostSound
A serpentine belt lasts at least 60k miles. The worst that happens is that the ridges crack.

A shredded belt means something else. Check for a frozen water pump pulley, frozen or broken idler pulley, frozen AC compressor etc.
Maybe a dead cat!!
This. A serpentine belt shredding on a two year old car should mean something else other than normal wear and tear caused it. Unless it has high miles.
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Old Oct 4, 2011 | 05:28 PM
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Okay i just bought the belt it was 37 bucks. Heres some pics... But looking at the belts condition what do you think caused it.

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Old Oct 4, 2011 | 06:07 PM
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It looks a little on the worn side.
If you drove alot in snow/salt conditions, maybe it was dry rotted.
Change mine every other season, just in case.
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Old Oct 4, 2011 | 06:09 PM
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Yeah maybe but it was fine if remember sunday... on Tuesday it just happened.. I was on a straight way shiffted in to 2nd in sport mode and bamm i hurd the noise of shred. ;(
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Old Oct 4, 2011 | 06:23 PM
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Yea id say, it was dry belt & high rev shift, bites.
At least you didnt **** up your engine.
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Old Oct 4, 2011 | 06:25 PM
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So your saying by the belt being dry and me shifting hard it ripped? So by me just replacing it should be fine.
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Old Oct 4, 2011 | 06:41 PM
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If it was really dry + a really hard shift, yea that would do it.
Cant say if your all good, never snaped a serpentine.
It looks like it slipped off & got torn.
Most of the time the belt would snap in half, least whenever ive seen one break.
One of my boys had a g35 coupes that the serpantine pulley was loose after dealer replaced his engine.
He got to it before it snapped.
Lucky for hint it was loose on, start, up.
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Old Oct 4, 2011 | 07:51 PM
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I hear you bro , I really dont know whats the cause but I really hope that I can just replace the belt ams be done with it.
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