Drive belt question
My son's 95 Sonata had the driving belt snap while on the highway. after we towed the car in we found out as a result of that, the engine was blown. maybe the gear heads will understand this more. evidently when the belt goes, the values are still open, and the pistons are smashing against the valves 3,000 times a minute. This has me concerned about the drive belts in our cars, I looked in manual and it says at 90,000 to replace it. I would hate to have it snap and toast the engine. his car had 120,000 miles, if I had replaced it at 90,000 as suggested, he would still have the car. they also showed me what the belt looks like and I was suprised to see how small the groves are that catch the gears. If our Cruisers have belts like the one I seen, I'd be afraid to go over 30 MPH. Gary
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