[TimT]

Could I have caused some damage?

OK perhaps I prefaced my response incorrectly.

Yes you could have done damage, did you?

Most probably not

Ron on your big drive, if you were in the middle of nowhere and threw a belt would you have

A: had your car flat bedded to LI to check for damage?

or

B: changed the belt and continued your big ride with an ear more tuned to your engine?

My educated reply comes from years of building and maintaining many type of engines, air cooled, water cooled,oil cooled... 2 stroke 4 stoke, even a wankel.

I dont do this for a living i do it as a passion.

If I take my boat out of Jones Inlet run to the canyon for some overnight fishing, then I get an overheat warning while 80 mile from land , Ill stop the boat and usually remove a plastic bag from the intake on my outboard then return home when the day is done. Should I call Sea-Tow? No way. Ill continue the journey and monitor all the gauges and compare the performance to previous bookmarks.


2 mins at 1500 RPM, and oil temps not exceeding 200 arent something to worry about

2 mins at 7800RPM would be a problem