side effects ??

1. saxotourdecorse Regular Poster Joined: May 2008 Posts: 448 Not a drop of halfords anywhere....

   #1 19th January 2009, 19:50

   My crankshaft pulley is knackered. has been for a while. bein repaired as we speak but its been knackered for about 3 months probs. are there any side affects to this. could it cause power loss or anythin like that. or anythin else?? thanks
2. AlexBp West Midlands Joined: Dec 2007 West mids Posts: 23149 Supra,civic GL

   #2 19th January 2009, 19:51

   it can put the timing out this loosing power
   if it had collapsed say goodbye to your engine
3. saxotourdecorse Regular Poster Joined: May 2008 Posts: 448 Not a drop of halfords anywhere....

   #3 19th January 2009, 19:56

   na i new wen it had collapsed as it smelt and power steerin went. then drove about a mile. once ive got a new 1 in it shud b fine.
4. one_nation04 Established Member Joined: Oct 2007 Watford Posts: 1636 2001 VTR ... silver S

   #4 19th January 2009, 21:16

   can bend the valves if you were driving with the timing out mate
5. AlexBp West Midlands Joined: Dec 2007 West mids Posts: 23149 Supra,civic GL

   #5 19th January 2009, 22:09

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by saxotourdecorse na i new wen it had collapsed as it smelt and power steerin went. then drove about a mile. once ive got a new 1 in it shud b fine.

   if it had collapsed more than that would have happened
   from reading what your putting it sounds more like your on about the alternator belt pulley
   the pas ect will drop off as the electrics will lose power ect (mine does it as my alternator is rogered)
   
   

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by one_nation04 can bend the valves if you were driving with the timing out mate

   depends how far out it is
6. saxotourdecorse Regular Poster Joined: May 2008 Posts: 448 Not a drop of halfords anywhere....

   #6 20th January 2009, 11:00

   the garage said bottom pulley to me. which 1 is that ?
7. AlexBp West Midlands Joined: Dec 2007 West mids Posts: 23149 Supra,civic GL

   #7 20th January 2009, 11:04

   theres a coulple of pulleys down the bottom mate
8. J222JRA Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: May 2007 Posts: 16839 Saxo VTS, Westfield

   #8 20th January 2009, 11:07

   Crank pulley, this drives the alternator belt, so surely all that it could at the worst is stop the battery charging
9. saxotourdecorse Regular Poster Joined: May 2008 Posts: 448 Not a drop of halfords anywhere....

   #9 20th January 2009, 11:09

   lol . thats all they said. power steerin, heaters etc. went y day. its been making noises on start up for a lil bit but it went after 5 seconds. cars been fine so i didnt bother with it. didnt notice any difference. surely it wud only affect timing and valves if it collapsed. not 5 seconds on start up.?
10. saxotourdecorse Regular Poster Joined: May 2008 Posts: 448 Not a drop of halfords anywhere....

    #10 20th January 2009, 11:10

    and yes j 2222 battery stoped chargin y day 2
11. AlexBp West Midlands Joined: Dec 2007 West mids Posts: 23149 Supra,civic GL

    #11 20th January 2009, 11:11

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by J222JRA Crank pulley, this drives the alternator belt, so surely all that it could at the worst is stop the battery charging

    it can cause fricton ans cause the actual timing belt to be under stress
    thus it can be a tad worse
    
    but not as bad as we origonally stated
12. J222JRA Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: May 2007 Posts: 16839 Saxo VTS, Westfield

    #12 20th January 2009, 11:14

    i cant affect the timing, worst thing is the pulley snaps off, it cant damage anything, so the battery light would illuminate on the dash and would eventually die
13. saxotourdecorse Regular Poster Joined: May 2008 Posts: 448 Not a drop of halfords anywhere....

    #13 20th January 2009, 11:20

    the garage said it had snaped. i doin a trackday in a week so i hope a new pulley shoud sort it.
14. AlexBp West Midlands Joined: Dec 2007 West mids Posts: 23149 Supra,civic GL

    #14 20th January 2009, 11:22

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by J222JRA i cant affect the timing, worst thing is the pulley snaps off, it cant damage anything, so the battery light would illuminate on the dash and would eventually die

    my alternator pulley went and it pulled my timing out
    hence my car wont idle properly now
    cba to fix mine as i have a new engine
15. saxotourdecorse Regular Poster Joined: May 2008 Posts: 448 Not a drop of halfords anywhere....

    #15 20th January 2009, 11:25

    mine never idled properly cos of cams etc
16. saxotourdecorse Regular Poster Joined: May 2008 Posts: 448 Not a drop of halfords anywhere....

    #16 20th January 2009, 11:26

    how do u fix timing issues etc
17. AlexBp West Midlands Joined: Dec 2007 West mids Posts: 23149 Supra,civic GL

    #17 20th January 2009, 11:33

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by saxotourdecorse mine never idled properly cos of cams etc

    if its setup and mapped right they can idle fine
    
    

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by saxotourdecorse how do u fix timing issues etc

    well with cams the timing will need to be sorted on rollers to get them back to the optimal spot cause standard timing isnt the best spot
18. saxotourdecorse Regular Poster Joined: May 2008 Posts: 448 Not a drop of halfords anywhere....

    #18 20th January 2009, 11:39

    the car has only been driven a mile so it shud b fine. its already been mapped and timing changed etc.
19. AlexBp West Midlands Joined: Dec 2007 West mids Posts: 23149 Supra,civic GL

    #19 20th January 2009, 12:27

    the timing may haev allready been done
    but if its out then itll be losing power
    
    having only driven a small amount you may be ok