Timing belt ?

[Huw Powell]

> As noted, I made it mostly from Hartford to Boston. Mostly.

>>> But why would any of the alt/PS/AC belts make a car lose power?

>> Wild guess: no alternator belt, the car is running on the battery.
>> As the battery dies, so does the power to the plugs. The marginal
>> plug (or its wiring) fails to fire, the better plugs solder on. But
>> I'm thinking the time from losing power to having a dead battery
>> isn't that long.

It depends a lot on the condition of the battery.

In my 82 cgt with an iffy battery, I only got about 15 miles (no radio 
or fan, had to run at least parking lights though, it was dark) after my 
alt belt snapped.

A few weeks ago, when my VR died in my 90Q, which has a fairly fresh, 
non-abused battery, I did a 20 mile round trip with three starts without 
the battery voltage at the gauge changing - about 11.2 or so the whole time.

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Huw Powell

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