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I start to hear a little screech on start up on my 94 NA a couple of weeks ago. I had also noticed a leak under the power steering pump so I assumed this screech was related to that. I kept my eye on the PS fluid level and continued to drive the car. Well last Friday I'm crusing on a nice back road and when I accelerate into a corner I hear the same screech but louder. The next thing I know, the power steering goes out ( it was a bitch to turn the wheel and get through the corner). A few seconds later I see the water temp guage shoot up so I immediately pull over and shut off the car. When I opened the hood I couldn't believe what I saw. The fucking dampened crank pulley was laying down by the radiator resting on that black plasitc piece underneath the engine. The drive belt was completely off and had broken 3 of the plastic blades off the cooling fan.
All along the screeching noise problem was really the drive belt slipping because the rubber inside the pulley had gone away over time. I ve never had any thing happen like this before but after doing a search on SF, this seems to be fairly common with our cars after about 60K. Mine has 180K so I guess I got my moneys worth out of it. Anyway I had to wait for a flatbed for 3 hours and its going to cost me some money too so I though I would post a warning to all of you who are hearing any screeching noises lately.
All along the screeching noise problem was really the drive belt slipping because the rubber inside the pulley had gone away over time. I ve never had any thing happen like this before but after doing a search on SF, this seems to be fairly common with our cars after about 60K. Mine has 180K so I guess I got my moneys worth out of it. Anyway I had to wait for a flatbed for 3 hours and its going to cost me some money too so I though I would post a warning to all of you who are hearing any screeching noises lately.