So im driving along today, after hearing first off that i have a leaking intake gasket and its leaking a little bit of antifreeze, estimated price of $500 for labor charges to get it fixed, and my parents said they would get it fixed for me on monday. So blah blah, my step dad drag races and has 4 z28's in the driveway (2 97's and 2 78's) says ill be fine as long as i keep antifreeze in there until Monday.

On my way home i notice my 'check gauges' light comes on.. and im thinking . o ****!.. shortly after, my engine gets to half way hot and i just pull over and turn it off so i dont **** anything up royaly. I call my parents and im checking out under the hood, when what do i notice? My belt is completely off, no, no broken, off. And its all in one piece.

So here I am 1am in the morning on my way home, its raining and pitch black outside. My first thought was that my idler pulley broke off or something, i check, using the light off my cell phone, all my pulleys are in tact. I did notice when i was pulling over that my power steering wasnt working. So then i realized my problem: the alternator. I got in my car, turned the key to see my battery power...completely gone. My alternator was dead and the pulley stopped, thus causing the belt to be thrown off without breaking.

My parents call a tow truck and its in the driveway now.. at least ill have everything fixed on monday when we take it in to the shop, so im happy.. But isnt that a bitch? 500$ to put a gasket and now what.. 200$ more to get a new alternator put on?

Just wanted to share that little story with you guys because well.. im bored..

-Torre

 

aren't altenators are like $70?

 

Yea they are.. i dont know, if we do it ourselves it wont cost barly anything.

 

wait a second, obviously if my belt is off the alternator isnt going to work.. so what i think happened is that since it was sqeeking earlier today, the belt mightve been half way off and in one of the grooves of the belt stuck is one of the sides of the pulleys and thats what kept it running.. So basically my alternator probably isnt even bad.. it just didnt have anything pulling on it to make it run..

Wow i feel like an idiot .. rofl

 

That sucks. In a year of having my 1994 camaro. The worst thing that has happened to my car was the harmonic balancer breaking.... Cost me 300 dollars for a new one and labor. Fuel Pump went out and cost me 150 bucks. But thats it

 

i put the belt back on and everything is running great! i need to clean the pulleys tho, i think im going to do it tomorrow after i get it back from the shop (they're fixing the antifreeze leak from the manifold)..

thanks for the support guys!