BlueXR6Turbo The Best Member Donating Members 1,970 Member For: 22y 3m 11d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 26/10/03 06:13 AM Share Posted 26/10/03 06:13 AM Well, I'm without my XR6T again. :( Driving along, when suddenly the battery warning light comes on; no power steering... agghh. A few seconds later the temperature warning light comes on and the engine runs really rough. (Limp home mode I hope.) Anyhow, to make a long story short, the fan belt had come off.Fingers crossed, I'll have my baby back real soon. :tears: Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/7118-my-xr6t-gets-towed-again/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloan Member 379 Member For: 21y 9m 13d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne. Posted 26/10/03 09:10 AM Share Posted 26/10/03 09:10 AM How many K's has your car done? When was it last in at the dealers? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/7118-my-xr6t-gets-towed-again/#findComment-60250 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lachlanj Member 57 Member For: 21y 9m 17d Location: Ballarat Posted 26/10/03 12:32 PM Share Posted 26/10/03 12:32 PM Had to get my ute towed tonight. It was running fine then as I took off from the lights it didn't want to move, when it did it was the roughest idle I've ever seen! Ended up stalling and that was where it stayed. Called a mate who works at ford and he came out and seems to think that the injectors are stuffed. Funny thing is that on occasion it wouldnt start and when it did it was real rough. Ford couldn't find anything wrong. Wonder if there is a connection?Can't wait to see what the towie did to the front bar as he was putting it on the truck. Big angle and nasty noise Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/7118-my-xr6t-gets-towed-again/#findComment-60308 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueXR6Turbo The Best Member Donating Members 1,970 Member For: 22y 3m 11d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 26/10/03 12:54 PM Author Share Posted 26/10/03 12:54 PM bloan said: How many K's has your car done? When was it last in at the dealers? My T has done about 17,000 km. Was in at the dealer for the 15,000 km service about 3 - 4 weeks ago. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/7118-my-xr6t-gets-towed-again/#findComment-60315 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HocuSChrisT Guests Posted 26/10/03 01:04 PM Share Posted 26/10/03 01:04 PM oooh bugger! hope the head's not warped Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/7118-my-xr6t-gets-towed-again/#findComment-60318 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeke zeke Member 792 Member For: 21y 10m Location: Adelaide Posted 26/10/03 01:22 PM Share Posted 26/10/03 01:22 PM Were you able to find the belt to help work out what caused it to fail? Have you seen any evidence of the belt-shredding problem? That bloody belt is a concern because of the no of things it drives and the shredding rubber issue.Mine seems OK so far - very little shredding, but Mrs z's was losing lots and then the belt needed replacement at about 4000k as it had developed a small split from one side. I guess if she hadn't have noticed it, things could've been worse.Regardszeke Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/7118-my-xr6t-gets-towed-again/#findComment-60321 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guests Posted 26/10/03 08:34 PM Share Posted 26/10/03 08:34 PM Blue XR6t,why would the temp light come on? did the cooling fans drain the batteryvik Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/7118-my-xr6t-gets-towed-again/#findComment-60334 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOLDIE My new toy Lifetime Members 5,344 Member For: 21y 11m 30d Gender: Male Location: stanthorpe wine capital of qld. Posted 26/10/03 08:41 PM Share Posted 26/10/03 08:41 PM vik351 said: Blue XR6t,why would the temp light come on? did the cooling fans drain the batteryvik No belt no water pump no water flow no cooling light on.Ian Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/7118-my-xr6t-gets-towed-again/#findComment-60335 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dankman Member 270 Member For: 21y 8m 30d Location: zadank village Canberra Posted 27/10/03 12:09 AM Share Posted 27/10/03 12:09 AM I had the 3 thou service done a week back (I forgot all about it I was at 5900k's when I got back from bathurst) and had very little coolant left when I got to the dealer, the 'O' ring problem they said and set about replacing it on the spot, on a saturday of all days too (well done Biti Motors)They said that if you run out of coolant that the motor starts to shut down cylenders progressively. By that, I mean it dosent fire the injector or spark plug in random cylenders to get air through them in order to cool the motor. So at first it's only one cylender then 2 and so on till 4 cyl's then the motor shuts down completely. Only way to move it is to start the engine again and it will give you 30 seconds to move the car incase your in a really bad spot eg stopped in the middle of railway tracks.So the progressive shutdown could account for the very rough running of the car. They said under normal circumstances I prolly would have cooked the motor, but the afore mentioned 'I want to live mode' kicked in and saved the motor.that's how I understood it..... any other ford guys want to elaborate? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/7118-my-xr6t-gets-towed-again/#findComment-60385 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dankman Member 270 Member For: 21y 8m 30d Location: zadank village Canberra Posted 27/10/03 01:39 AM Share Posted 27/10/03 01:39 AM Hmmmm just had a thought (and yes it DID hurt :lol:)The sales men from both Hillis and Biti Motors said that the fanbelt should be a piece of cake to fix and that the roadside guys should have spares and be able to fit it on the spot?How come they need your car for so long to fit it then? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/7118-my-xr6t-gets-towed-again/#findComment-60403 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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