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Originally Posted by angela4design
@Rusty... yes, I did see the hole! It was cringe-worthy, and that's why I had thought this car was "DONE". Neil wasn't the mechanic that originally "diagnosed" the problem, but he did fix it. I realize that's a tall order, which is why it was SO amazing! The belt was parallel with the engine, and the hole happened from the lateral friction when it had broken (saw that too), so if I made it sound like it was perpendicular, I misspoke. (I'm not positive which belt it was, since we did replace several.)
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Thanks for the response.
In all my 50 + years of working on car engines (and 2 cycle putt putts) I have never seen or heard of a belt causing impact damage to an engine block.
Maybe a cover or guard that is around the belt, but never an engine block.
That is amazing to say the least!