I’ve lost 1/3 of a pulley and a belt, can someone tell me what went wrong please

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I’ve lost 1/3 of a pulley and a belt, can someone tell me what went wrong please

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Re:I’ve lost 1/3 of a pulley and a belt, can someone tell me what went wrong please

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I’ve lost 1/3 of a pulley and a belt but she still runs just fine....trying to work out how to post a few pictures lol
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Re: I’ve lost 1/3 of a pulley and a belt, can someone tell me what went wrong please

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No image :( .. maybe because you are only a guest and are unable to upload pics, you know the answer though :lol:
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Re: I’ve lost 1/3 of a pulley and a belt, can someone tell me what went wrong please

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I think you have to link to photos if your a guest.
Was it standard pulleys and belt ?
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Re: I’ve lost 1/3 of a pulley and a belt, can someone tell me what went wrong please

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If it's the plastic air con pulley that and the belt are easily replacable :thumleft: . Guessing one edge has broken away which allows the belt to shed :?: . Ask me how I know :lol: .
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Re: I’ve lost 1/3 of a pulley and a belt, can someone tell me what went wrong please

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Hi and :welcome: Andy84. :) There is a guide to attaching photos etc here (scroll down for the non-members bit) viewtopic.php?f=2&t=35968
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Re: I’ve lost 1/3 of a pulley and a belt, can someone tell me what went wrong please

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It happened early this morning but after about 5 mins of a tractor like sound everything went back to normal, power seams fine and all the temps were ok with no warning lights, i read on another post it could of been the AC belt as some people remove this with no engine problems to get rid of a whining noise on start up, the 3 pulleys are located to the right when looking down and it’s the small middle of the ones on the right has destroyed itself 😔
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I’ve lost 1/3 of a pulley and a belt, can someone tell me what went wrong please

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