I took a drive to watch my grandson's hockey game and on the way there I smelt something burning and thought it must be a car or truck in front of me. The arena is about 12 miles past the road my son's house is on. About 1/2 mile before I my son't road I head a little bang and my volt gauge went to 12 and power steering went. I always have a spare serpentine belt in the trunk but when I opened the hood i realized it was the belt that was burning, the tension pulley was seized. I let the car cool a bit and drove the GP to my son's place where I have my spare parts, by the time I got there the temperature was just creeping past 230° on the GP so that wasn't bad having no water pump. I jumped in the Jeep to catch the game and then returned to install the spare tensioner and belt. I was lucky it happened when it did so I didn't need a tow and it's a quick 10 minute fix. Now I have to replace those spare parts for the next time...🙂
