Pony 5.0

My serpentine belt began to squeal in traffic on my way home tonight, then off it came. It's too dark for me to play with the pony tonight but does anyone have an idea what may have caused that to happen and give me a heads up of what to look for tomorrow. Thanks, Paul

TRexGAWD

How old was the belt?.. Check the pulleys, water pump tends to go out a lot and could have caused a lot of friction and ate up the belt.. Just make sure none of the pulleys are frozen really.

Pony 5.0

The belt was 2 months old. I'll check all my pulleys, that's a good place to start. Thank you for your help. I've had one of those days and I needed someone else's brain because my synapses ain't firing.

StalkerGT

Is your smog pump still on? Years ago in an 88 I had the belt was squealing then snapped cause the smog pump froze up

2011scgt

or your a/c pulley brearing it freezing up? or you adjuster is bad

Mishimoto

I would recommend checking the pulleys for worn bearings. If they check out clean the grooves up real nice and throw a new belt on there. A quality belt is preferred.

03gt04mach1

The pullies need to be lined up perfectly too.

Pony 5.0

Thank you all for your insight. It was a frozen air pump that took out my belt.

StalkerGT

Kind of figured that it was the air pump!

Mishimoto

Good to hear this was solved.