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eh so i was driving on south st the other night, and heard a funny noise.. then saw my battery light come on.. pulled over and realised coolant was pissing out of the overflow res and car temp guage was all of a sudden super hot.

got car towed back to my missus house, left it over night, next day found out alternater belt had gone..

so got new 1 plus power steering belt and aircon belt (figured may aswel replace em all at once)

got all that done.

now whats the chances i could of dmg the head gasket from the incident? or could i have dmgd anything else?

im just trying to get an idea of things that could of gone wrong.

also i found out i hav a power steering leak. is that something that is hard to get fixed?

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hot enuff for steam to come out of the res tank

not sure where the leak is yet, cant really locate it...

but i got the car home with no troubles since i replaced the belts, no overheating or anything, no noticeable (sp?) power loss, and the oil is NOT milky

prolly jus being paranoid but just want the info just incase u know.

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