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Originally Posted by mabbonizio
What was odd was that in the time it took me to change the belt in the dark (had a spare in the trunk) the motor had already cooled down to 60°C in about 35 mins.
There was no steam and I opened the rad and the coolant level was right where it should be.
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When your fan belt broke, the coolant stopped circulating very effectively. That meant that the coolant in the motor got really hot while elsewhere in the cooling system the coolant was at a lower temperature. The heat probably spread out in the system during the 35 minutes.