In article <g668v39skgo1tn4hlqccas0noth6al6pkr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
neil@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
says...
> On Thu, 3 Apr 2008 03:00:05 +1000, "Jason James" <at@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, after
> considering some belly-button fluf, wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > He said the PS belt melted the
> >cam-cover however. In that case the noise of the slipping belt would be
> >horrendous,..plus *they* inspected it! Not for tension it would seem.
>
> Yeah - that was the part that got me. A slipping belt *melted* a
> timing cover??? Well, it would certainly be interesting to see what
> temperature was required to: a) melt said plastic (it *is* plastic,
> right?) b) destroy said drive belt and c) melt pastic cover from the
> distance the drive belt/pulley is from the cover. It sounds completely
> improbable to me that a slipping drive belt could create so much
> heat... it would, after all, have to be *well* in excess of 100C (or
> rather, the operating temp for engine coolant), wouldn't it? Have any
> of our resident (ex) mechanics ever seen a slipping belt heat a pulley
> to a temperature that results in burns on touching it? I'd be
> surprised. 60C, sure. Double that, I have my doubts...
>
I've seen a seized (Lucas) alternator cause the pully to get freakin hot.
It's called friction.. but fiction as the cause of the OPs problem IMHO.
Al
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