fan belt ??
Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 10:11 am
hmm, about a week ago my mivec stopped working. then yesterday i happened to have made a u turn and bang mivec kicked in.
i pulled over, did another u turn and bang again it hit mivec hmm. only the second time i discovered it wasnt the u turn but the way i applied the accelerator exiting the u turn.
if i floor it, it locks off at 5600rpm or so, but if i apply enough peddle so as that the auto box responds by changing gear at appropriate rpm point... lets say 6500 or 7000, say an inch from full throttle, it will go into mivec.
of course once im in mivec i can floor it and all is fine. i thought this strange, so i found an open empty road that was quiet so i could hear the engine properly. the technique worked but at about 7000rpm, i heard and felt a scratching under the bonnet, like a belt had snapped.
I immediatly checked and saw that it had been the fan belt, (that is the large, nearest one on the left, right LOL) it was on the right edge of the track and a cm or so that had past over had been fraid. needless to say i drove home slowly and parked the bugger. obviously i need the belt changed and adjusted but could a either... un-aligned belt, loose belt or tight belt have been the reason mivec suddenly stopped. ???
Or did i just happen to stuff my belt by coincidence and when its fixed ill find mivec is still playing up.???
any help or ideas would be much appreciated before i do anything. cheers.
i pulled over, did another u turn and bang again it hit mivec hmm. only the second time i discovered it wasnt the u turn but the way i applied the accelerator exiting the u turn.
if i floor it, it locks off at 5600rpm or so, but if i apply enough peddle so as that the auto box responds by changing gear at appropriate rpm point... lets say 6500 or 7000, say an inch from full throttle, it will go into mivec.
of course once im in mivec i can floor it and all is fine. i thought this strange, so i found an open empty road that was quiet so i could hear the engine properly. the technique worked but at about 7000rpm, i heard and felt a scratching under the bonnet, like a belt had snapped.
I immediatly checked and saw that it had been the fan belt, (that is the large, nearest one on the left, right LOL) it was on the right edge of the track and a cm or so that had past over had been fraid. needless to say i drove home slowly and parked the bugger. obviously i need the belt changed and adjusted but could a either... un-aligned belt, loose belt or tight belt have been the reason mivec suddenly stopped. ???
Or did i just happen to stuff my belt by coincidence and when its fixed ill find mivec is still playing up.???
any help or ideas would be much appreciated before i do anything. cheers.
aircon belt, sheesh....