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**warlocke** · 10-30-2006, 05:35 PM

ok serisouly people need to read the rules first, A DESCRIPTIVE NAME and list your car year, engine type (efi or carb) ac, manual or automatic etc how freakin hard is this

**packrat427** · 10-30-2006, 05:42 PM

woodson
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Joined: 27 Sep 2006
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Location: utah
Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 5:04 pm Post subject: help?

93 L

Battery light and overheat at the same time , Is the belt still on it ??

**mattswabb** · 10-30-2006, 09:37 PM

Don't drive it till you check the belt.

**woodson** · 10-31-2006, 12:39 AM

sorry, kinda new. 93, 5 spd. efi. 136000 miles. was running fine till today. the battery light came on. then the temp went up near the top. the idle is also higher than normal. any ideas.

**Festiva GTX** · 10-31-2006, 01:03 AM

Probably loose belt, not enough to spin to water pump and alt...

**woodson** · 10-31-2006, 01:49 AM

i will take a look at the belts. thanx for the help.

**woodson** · 10-31-2006, 07:28 PM

uh.....ya. my belt is missing. it must have come off on my 50 mile drive through the canyons yesterday. how lucky am i that i made it home without destroying the car? is that an easy fix?

**packrat427** · 10-31-2006, 07:56 PM

Originally posted by packrat427

Battery light and overheat at the same time , Is the belt still on it ??

I figured ,that was about the only thing that would cause both at the same time .

You are very lucky !!! that you did not cook the engine

**freshtiva** · 10-31-2006, 08:22 PM

"is that an easy fix?"

Its easier if you don't have A/C. Just loosen the adjustment bolt and also the mounting bolt ( little hard to get to ) on the generator and slide the belt on . Adjust the belt tension with a pry bar against the generator and re tighten both adjustment and mounting bolts. You will see once you look at it. Piece of cake.

**woodson** · 11-01-2006, 09:14 PM

thanx for all the help! back on the road.

**ElkRiverFestiva** · 11-03-2006, 10:07 AM

Keep an eye on your antifreeze and oil the next few days.. If you ran for very long without any water pumping, you'll want to make sure you don't have a headgasket problem or (eek!) a cooked head.

BTW...this same thing happened to me last week.

**woodson** · 11-03-2006, 02:55 PM

thanks for the advice. i will keep an eye on it.

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