hey guys, basically just need some advice on something thats hapened to my car recently.
when i bought the car someone had put an air filter on, jus attached to the tube and hanging there (rather than going into the original air box), never had any problems but basically it got abit dirty/rusty so i bought a new one the other day.
I attached it in the same way but as i was driving, because it was abit bigger and heavier, it hung down onto the timing belt and started making a wierd noise. I had a look and basically the airfilter was litterally sitting on the timing belt and the friction has burnt a hole through the air filter.
Firstly, is it ok to drive with a burn hole in the air filter? ( iv orderd another new one but i need t use my car in the meantime ). i know it will suck in a little bit of bad air, but is this litterally life threatening for the car or will it be ok for a while?
and also, the timing belt looks worn on the side that was touching the air filter but its not making any bad noises or anything as im driving. any1 know much about this?
thanks alot in advance
when i bought the car someone had put an air filter on, jus attached to the tube and hanging there (rather than going into the original air box), never had any problems but basically it got abit dirty/rusty so i bought a new one the other day.
I attached it in the same way but as i was driving, because it was abit bigger and heavier, it hung down onto the timing belt and started making a wierd noise. I had a look and basically the airfilter was litterally sitting on the timing belt and the friction has burnt a hole through the air filter.
Firstly, is it ok to drive with a burn hole in the air filter? ( iv orderd another new one but i need t use my car in the meantime ). i know it will suck in a little bit of bad air, but is this litterally life threatening for the car or will it be ok for a while?
and also, the timing belt looks worn on the side that was touching the air filter but its not making any bad noises or anything as im driving. any1 know much about this?
thanks alot in advance