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Originally Posted by sperry
What I want to know is how having the accessory belt come off ruined your short block. Normally all that would happen is that the alternator, power steering pump, and air conditioner would stop spinning.
Perhaps it was the timing belt that came loose? 'Course then the short block would still be okay, but your valves and pistons might be ruined... which would mean head work and a new bottom-end potentially, but unless the car made a seriously huge boom when it happened, the short block would be fine.
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Yeah --- I'm sorta confused too. The first post indicated that it was an accessory belt tensioner pulley (various indicator lights, pulley falling off the car, "threw the beltS", etc). The whole bit about a short block and the "pulled the pulley off to get the leak" description says that it really was an idler pulley on the timing belt.
So.....I'm not sure what happened. The first problem is a cheap, fast fix. The second involves major dough. Such is life when the dealer gets involved, eh?