What happened to you is not rare. One of the idler pulley bearings seized up and broke the belt. They are easily replaced and put in a new belt. If you didn't overheat the motor too much you should be alright. David Teitelbaum vin 10757 --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx, Joe Palatinus <jpalatinus@xxxx> wrote: > Well Have I had an interesting weekend or what? After I put my Delco > alternator back in (had to get a bolt tightend and voltage regulator > replaced) I noticed a squealing noise comming from the engine when the > alternator was under heavey load (A/c max blower 4) It would only make > this noise in idle or low gears. When I took the car to the Alternator > repair shop to ask what they though the noise was, the man assured me that > it was not the Alternator, but that the belt was not tight enough. Sure > enoguht, I got a crow bar, tightened the belt, and had no problems for the > rest of the day. The next morning I got the same noise. The belt felt > loose again, but the tensioner was still at the same place. I tightened it > to max and the noise went away that time as well. Last night, I was > driving home, and all the sudden, my voltage went to 0, and as I was > turning on my road, I watched my temperature guage rise like a rabbid jack > rabbit. I made it home on a GUll-wing and a prayer, immediately shut off > the car, and watched the gallons of coolant and smoke spew out. After it > cooled down I went out with a flashlight, and noticed that there was no > Alternator/Water pump belt. I also noticed a lot of black dust by the belt > drive pulley. ( where the belt was suppsed to be)I had noticed this black > dust before, when the belt was there, but paid not attention to it. The > belt did not simply fall off, it disintegrated. What caused this to > happen? I was a new belt. > Thanks > Joe Palatinus > VIN 17167 6808