bateman
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On my way home from Tennessee last night and my belt tensioner starts seizing up. I do what I can to keep it spinning but eventually it locked completely up. The back road I was on is out in the boonies all the way to my house. No gas stations, no cell service, not much traffic if at all during the night.
I know what’s going to happen, but without much option I fire it up and keep trucking. Make some good distance before I hear the belt pop and now I am 38 miles from home. Whale sht. I’m not sleeping out here and sure as hell not walking so I fire it up and figure out I can make it about a mile before the temp gauge gets to 200. I shut it down and the gauge creeps to about 220 or so and about 30 minutes later I can do it all over again. I know what you’re thinking, that gauge probably isn’t reading actual temp and there are hot spots and steam pockets with no coolant flow.
Took me 4 hours to make the 38 miles home. Pretty bummed that I might have smoked this old engine. First thought is possible head warpage from the temps being hottest there (I assume). Second thought is cylinder scoring. I’m putting a new tensioner and belt on now and hope that it runs the same afterwards. Hopefully the oil temp didn’t get too hot on those short runs but who knows. What a sht show. The only good thing that can come of this is maybe that single cab common rail for sale on here lol.
I know what’s going to happen, but without much option I fire it up and keep trucking. Make some good distance before I hear the belt pop and now I am 38 miles from home. Whale sht. I’m not sleeping out here and sure as hell not walking so I fire it up and figure out I can make it about a mile before the temp gauge gets to 200. I shut it down and the gauge creeps to about 220 or so and about 30 minutes later I can do it all over again. I know what you’re thinking, that gauge probably isn’t reading actual temp and there are hot spots and steam pockets with no coolant flow.
Took me 4 hours to make the 38 miles home. Pretty bummed that I might have smoked this old engine. First thought is possible head warpage from the temps being hottest there (I assume). Second thought is cylinder scoring. I’m putting a new tensioner and belt on now and hope that it runs the same afterwards. Hopefully the oil temp didn’t get too hot on those short runs but who knows. What a sht show. The only good thing that can come of this is maybe that single cab common rail for sale on here lol.