Where to start......?

Right,recently i had an engine rattle which was reported by a very reputable tuner/builder (not on here!) to be a knackerd A/C pump!

I was advised it would be fine and I was safe to drive it as it was. So a couple of weeks ago I went to Scotland. On the way back I lost the crank pulley (all 4 bolts snapped clean off!) that drives the auxilliary belt somewhere near Preston on the M6.

I got towed home and managed to get the car into a local garage to have the lower pulley replaced along with the cambelt,cam gear for cambelt,all new bolts,aux belt and tensioners!!

As soon as the guy started the car the noisy A/C pump was totally silent!

The moral of this story is if you suspect your A/C pump is on its way out,take a good look at your bottom pulley to make sure it's not going to fall off! I was lucky,any amount of fallout could have shredded my cambelt and ruined my engine. I replaced the cambelt today anyway to be on the safe side even though it was 1 year old!

Take note peeps.....I don't want any of you to go through this! ;-)

Good advice thanks