What damage ?

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Would I have done to the electric components on my Vauxhall Astra by
running it for ten miles without a fan belt ? Could it nacker up the
ignition components.

Thanks in advance.

The loss of belt would give no charge, when the battery is low enough
the ecu 'may' go into limp home mode.

I don't understand how you could miss the warning light for charging?

Mrcheerful

I knew the belt had gone and it wasn't charging, but I thought like
everyone else so far that apart from a flat battery there would be no
damage driving it home. Changing the ignition pack cured the problem and
I thought it was a coincidence , but after the belt went the second time
I have got exactly the same symptoms starting. Today it has slowed down
some more and by the next couple of days it will be undrivable. Driving
on battery alone must damage the ignition pack.

So why didn't you fix the fault with the belt the first time it came off,
rather than drive it till it stops, then repeat ?

I didn't, if you read it properly you will see I did fix the fault with the
belt and it drove perfectly for a couple of weeks.

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"Sandy Nuts" <s (AT) ndy (DOT) com> wrote

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It's difficult to be sure, most of them cut out at low voltage but some
thing do die if you run them at a low voltage.

It's a Vauxhall petrol engine. I have seen and done worse things and
they've survived.

The ECU would stop switching long before the voltage reached any sort of
danger threshold for the pack.

Sometimes things don't work out as expected though.

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Re: What damage ? - 01-06-2007 , 02:16 PM

Re: What damage ? - 01-06-2007 , 04:18 PM