[ZL1_1LE]

Originally Posted by bishopts

Yea it will be fine. The more concerning thing is once you start it will it start throwing oil all over the place

Ok I’ll give it a start. Try and identify where the leak is coming from, when I put it up on ramps yesterday and started it after the fresh oil change last night I didn’t see any oil slinging which I found odd, but it was pretty late so maybe I just didn’t see it.

[bishopts]

I'm not saying this is the case with your car. But... i had a customer come in once for a really bad transmission fluid leak. It was odd because it was mostly coming from the right front wheel area. After looking at it for a while and cleaning things up, i determined he ran over a quart of transmission fluid that must have fallen off of a truck or something.
If that were the case with you. It could have been the pop noise. And possibly the belt has been off for a while and you just didn't know. With that belt missing you wont have any kind of drivability problems or engine light.

[ZL1_1LE]

Originally Posted by bishopts

I'm not saying this is the case with your car. But... i had a customer come in once for a really bad transmission fluid leak. It was odd because it was mostly coming from the right front wheel area. After looking at it for a while and cleaning things up, i determined he ran over a quart of transmission fluid that must have fallen off of a truck or something.
If that were the case with you. It could have been the pop noise. And possibly the belt has been off for a while and you just didn't know. With that belt missing you wont have any kind of drivability problems or engine light.

I wish it was that easy Going to have the car towed to my performance shop. They said I may have lost my belt and it got caught behind the balancer and shredded the seal, at least from what they could tell from the pictures I sent to them. Will update you and let you guys know what the end result is.

[Evansa22]

Originally Posted by bishopts

I think autozone sells one

I tried 2 or 3 different stretch belt tools from various autoparts stores. The wedge type works to get it off, but never found one that actually worked to get it back on. Either way, no tool needed if it's done in the sequence I did it with pressure from your thumb on the belt in the right spot while turning the crank.

Op, hopefully you are able to find the leak and it's an easy fix.

[ZL1_1LE]

Originally Posted by Evansa22

I tried 2 or 3 different stretch belt tools from various autoparts stores. The wedge type works to get it off, but never found one that actually worked to get it back on. Either way, no tool needed if it's done in the sequence I did it with pressure from your thumb on the belt in the right spot while turning the crank.

Op, hopefully you are able to find the leak and it's an easy fix.

I appreciate it, I'll let you guys know what they find. Apparently the balancer may not be appropriate for the boost I'm at now (20psi) and they think it may have worked itself out, said the belt may have shredded the seal, but it's all a guessing game at this point. Shop said it's not uncommon and it's a fairly easy fix, they also mentioned (obviously) that it was good I turned the car off immediately as well.

[bishopts]

The a/c belt is installed from the back of the crank pulley. You take the front belt off, then put the ac belt over the pulley all the way to the front cover. Loop it in to the compressor with all the slack on the crank side. Then slide the belt into the crank pulley starting from the bottom, once you can no longer put it on by hand then turn the crank pulley clockwise while holding tension on the belt. Once it's started just make sure it's rolling onto the crank pulley but not rolling off the compressor.

[ZL1_1LE]

Originally Posted by bishopts

The a/c belt is installed from the back of the crank pulley. You take the front belt off, then put the ac belt over the pulley all the way to the front cover. Loop it in to the compressor with all the slack on the crank side. Then slide the belt into the crank pulley starting from the bottom, once you can no longer put it on by hand then turn the crank pulley clockwise while holding tension on the belt. Once it's started just make sure it's rolling onto the crank pulley but not rolling off the compressor.

Is that the hardest part of the install? Where is the seal located, and does it require a pulley puller to get too?

[bishopts]

Yea the crank seal requires a puller to get the pulley out. "Hardest" is relative. For someone like me nothing on the car is hard so "hardest" thing to do is finding the desire to actually do it.
For you i would guess the hardest part would be putting the seal in without damaging it. But i don't know for sure because i don't know your abilities.

[ZL1_1LE]

Originally Posted by bishopts

Yea the crank seal requires a puller to get the pulley out. "Hardest" is relative. For someone like me nothing on the car is hard so "hardest" thing to do is finding the desire to actually do it.
For you i would guess the hardest part would be putting the seal in without damaging it. But i don't know for sure because i don't know your abilities.

Well come on down to Fort Worth and show me how to do it haha