bulit7
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"Hey guys, Have a customer tha
"Hey guys, Have a customer that lost a serpentine belt on a Merc 5.7 TBI, 2001, MCM engine(Bravo3). He told me that he felt the loss of steering but shrugged it off and kept on truckin! About two miles later as he was pulling up to his canal, he got an alarm and idled her for maybe 500 yards and shut her down and coasted to a neighbors dock.
When I came over, I imediately saw that the belows had burned thru. The engine room was all sooted up. The engine did crank over and started up and I shut her down. The serpentine belt was laying in the bilge all shredded.
He assured me that he shut her off as soon as the alarm went off but by the look of the belows that had burned thru in a few places each, I am willing to bet he pushed her hot for longer than he said.
Relying on his assertion that he shut her off at the first sign of an alarm, I ordered belows, serp belt and installed only to start her up and find out that she is running poorly. I am pretty sure that there is significant engine damage.
My question is how long would he need to cruise her to burn up the belows??"
"Hey guys, Have a customer that lost a serpentine belt on a Merc 5.7 TBI, 2001, MCM engine(Bravo3). He told me that he felt the loss of steering but shrugged it off and kept on truckin! About two miles later as he was pulling up to his canal, he got an alarm and idled her for maybe 500 yards and shut her down and coasted to a neighbors dock.
When I came over, I imediately saw that the belows had burned thru. The engine room was all sooted up. The engine did crank over and started up and I shut her down. The serpentine belt was laying in the bilge all shredded.
He assured me that he shut her off as soon as the alarm went off but by the look of the belows that had burned thru in a few places each, I am willing to bet he pushed her hot for longer than he said.
Relying on his assertion that he shut her off at the first sign of an alarm, I ordered belows, serp belt and installed only to start her up and find out that she is running poorly. I am pretty sure that there is significant engine damage.
My question is how long would he need to cruise her to burn up the belows??"