Uh oh was my first thinking, pulled over to the inside lane and started thinking about what could have gone, my guess was alternator belt. Was considering if i could carry on driving like this as i was most of the way home, but then noticed the temperature start to creep up.
The junction was just around the corner so thought about trying to make it but decided to coast to a halt before it instead of risking any damage!
Bonnet up quick and i see that the belts shredded completely and it seems to be leaking coolant from somewhere.
Some swearing later, AA call out, 90 min wait in the fecking freezing! Good thing i had a big coat and gloves and hat in the car!
Get told i only have roadside assistance, which is pretty useless since i told them on the phone what the fault was, and they could take me 10 miles. I guessed at it being about 12 to my house, the guy phoned up his boss, then stuck my post code in tomtom, came out as shortest route to be 10.4!
So i got a lift all the way home.Radiator looks to be leaking a little by the bottom left corner as you look at it from the front, and then also a little in the bottom left quarter, near one set of fins. Topped the coolant up and drove it onto my drive (Had a 1/4" set, 4L of coolant and 2L of oil in the car). But theres no PAS or anything now so was REALLY heavy (heavier than non assisted steering i swear!)
Anything likely to be broken, or think i can get away with a new belt and replacement radiator?
