Water pump driven by the accessory belt?
 

This is pretty new to me. All my older cars have crank-driven water pumps. I am wondering whether there is the possibility that the accessory belt is broken, but engine keeps running, overheat and RIP? Is there any mechanism to prevent this from happening? Thanks for the advice!

You'll get the check engine light with several different codes, the car will go into limp mode and the coolant temp gauge will be pegged. If you don't see all that and pull over and turn off the engine, what happens after is on you LOL.

Also that serpentine belt drives a lot of other accessories so you'll see many other issues before you even get that far. You'll have so many other warning lights, driveability issues and problems going on, you'll be on the side of the road long before the engine cooks itself.

no alternator = no power steering

:slap: ........ quit worrying about stuff like that...... you will live longer.


:D


humfrz

Broken drive belt = no alternator = vehicle shuts off

Your smoking the good stuff, and why are you not sharing?

nope. Thanks for playing.

Well, now, actually he is correct ....... the drive belt breaks - the alternator quits working - the battery runs out of electrons - the spark plugs won't fire - the engine quits running ........ :D


humfrz

Hey! I spent years cultivating a relationship with the Chief, down at the Pot Shop (previously known as the Smoke Shop) down on the reservation, by sharing my agronomic expertise, so he would supply me with "the good stuff" ..... and I ain't sharing .......... :D

oh, you weren't talken to me ..??


humfrz

Oh, come on. Which happens first by a long shot, boilover, or dead battery?

Quit yanking my chain, old man.

Hey, old man, I was just checking to see if you had put too much rum in the egg nog ..... :D

I'm having a challenging day ....... Santa brought mrs humfrz an Echo Dot thing ...... now, I can't tell if she is talking to me or that thing ...... :(

In addition, I just got my new drone charged up and ready to fly and since it cold and snowy outside ........ I was going to do a test flight inside the house. mrs humfrz is not real wild about that idea. I've never flown one before ....... but I used to be pretty good with the Microsoft flight simulator ........ :eyebulge:


sorry OP :offtopic: (but he started it ......:mad0259:)


humfrz

Hey! I did not! Now quit jacking the thread with your Christmas frustration. :bs:

Duh, usually when I partake in such mind altering activities, my mind does wonder about how we humans are such fragile creatures. I mean we put our very lives on a 4 3x5 pads (mostly) to stop 2 tons of rolling steel and aluminum from crashing or making us into human pancakes.

With electric power steering, fuel pump, ECU that only works within a certain voltage, DLRs always on, and all the other electric powered parts of a modern car? My money is on dead enough battery to not run before boil over. The battery doesn't have to be completely drained to shut down the car.