I had a belt pop off once but that was on a race-prepped V-8 under full
throttle (very high RPMs). Was the belt tight? If the pulley's not broken
like Mike's asking, a loose belt (or a broken/bent bracket somewhere)
might've had enough play that the belt may have enough flex in it to ride up
and be thrown but that doesn't sound like the driving conditions you
describe. Did you put the belt back on? Has it done it since? If not, I'd
just keep an eye on it and press on with your daily driver. A new belt,
inspect the pulleys
o_o_o_o
Best Regards, /| ,[_____],
Jim, WP3JQ |ŻŻŻL --O|||||||O-
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"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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> What you are saying makes no sense.....
>
> Belts do not fall off.
>
> Rusted pulleys do not make a belt fall off.
>
> Broken pulleys make belts fall off.
>
> Where was the coolant leaking from?
>
> Did the waterpump break or the pump pulley fall off?
>
> Too full on the overflow means you are dealing with brain dead bozos,
> Run Away FAST!
>
> Too full on coolant will **** out all over the place 'when the engine
> heats up'. Antifreeze eats paint jobs.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
> Dan wrote:
> >
> > I have a 1990 Cherokee sport (230k) which was running really well
> > until I had an oil leak fixed yesterday. They cleaned out the engine
> > to find the leak and it was only a small flange that needed to be
> > replaced. Taking it out of their garage and driving for about 100
> > metres, heard a loud clunk and lost steering at which time the battery
> > light came on. I popped the hood and coolant was leaking all over the
> > engine and the road. The felt ban had come off. Now their telling me
> > one of the pulleys is rusted, causing the belt to come off (it didn't
> > break it just slipped.
> > Does this sound like coincidence? I looked at the pulley and there was
> > some rust, but no major structural deterioration.
> >
> > Any thoughts?
> >
> > Oh, yeah, they filled the coolant right to the top of the bottle which
> > isn't recommended, could this have been involved?
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Dan