164 pulley

[danny pham <robustful@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dave, 

It seems that this is a very common occurence w/164's. Same thing
happened to me aside from the extreme temp. You won't have to replace
the whole arm, just the pulley. Pulley goes for around $65-$85. I
usually replace it whenever I change the belt. I've overheated my car
this past summer probably 6 times. It seems to run fine now after I've
replace the radiator, temp. gauge, thermostat, and radiator fan. Now
my car runs fine. Hope this helps!

Danny
91' 164L
dallas tx
114,000 miles

Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 16:47:56 ESTFrom: Westphal50@domain.elided Subject:
164 S idler pully fell off - overheatedDuring the last mile of my
drive home yesterday, the BATT and ABS lightcameon - "do I go for it",
I asked ? I went for it. But it wasn't abroken belt- - it was the
idler pulley - it just fell off of the arm. Since Ihaven'topened it up
yet, I can't see what should have been keeping it on - somecollar and
a bolt I guess.Question #1 - Has this ever happened to anyone and do I
order the wholearmand pulley assembly ? or a bolt and collar and Lock
Tite ?As I pulled up the driveway the temperature needle was pretty
high - Ifigureit was high enough to have smoked the head gaskets on my
old GTV 6. Ihoseddown the sump as soon as I could - and once I got the
hood open, I gottheheads as well. A minute after having stopped and
hosed, thetemperature wasreading midway.Question # 2 - What might this
brief overheating have done to my 164and mightit not be evident right
away ? Thanks for any advise - I'll be driving the Verde this
week.Dave Westphal





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