heard a belt squeeling, then saw smoke from under the hood
pull over and it seems to be coming out of a few areas, near the radiator, maybe alternator? the belt wound up snaping and everytime i start her smoke
so i get a tow truck
take it to the shop
cuz i dont have a garage, im a student, in an apartment, dont get to take much more of a look
drop her off the guy asks if it starts i say "yes but with alot of smoke from the compartmnet" he goes
"but she starts?"
"yes but idk what the problem is sooo"
and he goes out side and drives it to the lot across the street for storage...
now im wishing i had somewhere else to take it
but my 5 miles were up w/ the tow truck
and im stranded
damn

 

k
so i get my call
after the inspection
and its going to cost over 1k to fix...
like i have 1k to spend on my truck im a college student!
the bearing froze up on the...fan...hub...pully, yaknow, system
tahts what he called it
wtf does this guy know what hes talking about? so tryin to figure out what the
fan...hub...pully...yaknow...system is and why its costing 600 alone to get

 

dude, get a phone book and call around for some estimates before you give the go-ahead to do the work. that's what i would do, as i'm in college also...

 

oh thats for sure
im not going to throw down 1g for this
my truck is only worth like 3! i might as well sell it for 1500 and put down 500 and get something w/ a solid axle hahah
so i guess ill call around and figure it out

 

yeah, that's a good plan to go by. let us know what kind of info you find...

 

its the pulley system and bracket that turns all the fans i guess
anyone know the real name
cuz this guy cant seem to figure it out

 

What motor do you have....?

 

got the 3vze

 

You need to figure out what bearing froze up first. Also figure out what belt broke. There should be three. One for the AC, one for PS and one for alternator.

If it's just a bearing/ pulley that froze, you should be able to replace that pretty easily. If the fan clutch froze, a local junkyard may have a new fan assembly which again is relatively easy to replace.

Now... if the belt you are refering to that broke was your timing belt... that's another story. Still fixable though, but a garage would help.

 

yea im going to go down there now and talk to him
tell him i dont have the cash
sucks i dont have a place to fix it at
maybe he'll drop the price significantly haha
it suckksss

 

Post up exactley what he wants to replace and his diagnosis of the problem if you want YT feedback as to cost and such.

 

Out of curiousity, would it start if the timing belt broke? Sounds a bit steep unless it is the timing belt, and even still...uggghhhhh.

 

No, the truck would not run with a snapped timing belt.
It just turns over.

 

What he said. ^^^

But what I don't get is that if he snapped an accessory belt... why the truck would no longer run, and would have to be towed.

 

have the truck towed to a real mechanic!

the yaknow system is frozen? , thats gunna be like $10k atleast... plus you're gunna have to fly in the yaknow specialist straight from japan...

 

I agree. You're getting hosed.

 

k got back, i didnt have to get it towed, but i got AAA so the tow there was just cuz i didnt feel like taking any risks
The timing belt is good and it runs
but the fan belt assembly is done
the alternator belt is done
im gonna try and take pictures
he gave a description so im gonna have to check out what it is myself
it drives
but overheats (no fan so obviously) and sucks to turn 12.50 wide tires w/o p/s haha

 

 

Sounds like you just need two new belts and a fan clutch assembly to me.

 

Yeah but if he ran it too long without a fan, he may have bigger problems.

I'd start by replacing the defunct parts and see what happens from there.