Anth, that is really weired. I had a similar problem 2 years ago. It was a hot summer day and I was pushing my 1.8l Jetta GTX and I heard a sound like someone slapped their hand on the roof above the winshield. I pulled over a block away and see what looks like a bullet hole through my hood, right over the alternator. As it turns out the Alt fan sheared into 3 pieces and one of them pearced the hood, and one of those pieces landed between the alt belt and started cutting away at it.
The same thing also happened to another guy I know. Mark Reda. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anthony Pelletier" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 12:24 PM Subject: [A2-16v] Wierd occurance > So, I am driving my 91 GLI to work today. Suddenly I > bam... WTF is that sound. It sounds like a huge rock > hit my hood. But when I look foward it appears > something has shot through from the INSIDE of the > hood? So, I pull over to see what happened (the car > still runs fine).... Apparantly part of the fan on > the alternator came free and blew a 4" hole through my > hood. I'll never buy an autozone reman again.... The > pulley is still on the alternator, but part of the > alternator fan is on the street somewhere. I can't > believe how much power it had because it flew another > 20 feet after it blew though my hood. Weird shit... > Now I have to buy a new hood & have it painted : ( > Anyone in New England have a metallic black hood > around.... > > Just though I'd share > Tony > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs > http://www.hotjobs.com > _______________________________________________ > A2-16v mailing list > [email protected] > http://maillist.myip.org/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v >
