now shes in the shop

[lscmkviii]

today i was driving home on I 264 doing about 70mph. all of a sudden i lost power steering, then batt light came on and temp shot all the way to hot!! I pulled over to investigate and my serpentine belt looked like confetti at a wedding! 2 mins later coolant was all over the highway. 3 hours later the tow truck showed up. dose any one know what would cause this? or is it just a bad belt?

 

[JoeyLincolnMK8]

would seem that without the belt, the water pump was not doing anything, which made your engine really really hot!

 

[driller]

Check all the pulleys and belt driven accessories, but usually a bad belt will self destruct quickly once it starts to go, especially with the heat we've been having lately.

 

[94m5]

Check all the pulleys and belt driven accessories, but usually a bad belt will self destruct quickly once it starts to go, especially with the heat we've been having lately.

yep, check to make sure all of the bearings in the pullies are ok.

 

[bigdog1279]

i know first thing my dad tought me was if the sterring goes or heer any noices look under the hood at the belt then check the levels
becouse with out that belt no watter pump
no cool engin and if that engin over heats well in my first car in the 91 continental
not my first car but the first one that i drove wich was dads
that engin over heats and the 3.8 is over you might ass all just drive it to the side of the rode and walk home call the insurance man and say my car was stolen with any luck you know the rest