It was a little weird today. Drove about 70 miles back from the place I went to and the engine suddenly lost power after a turn in town. The car was still in drive, but sluggish and only goes up to around 30 mph with the pedel half way down.

There was a smell of burning or some sort under the engine bay, suspect around the alternator area when the car is running.

Electronic still works on the car, was able to start the car a few times to test a few thing but unconclusive.

Few history on the car:

5 Months ago Timing belt and water pump was replace by a mechanic.
Brake pads and disc was replace by the same mechanic.
Brake Master cylinder and Brake booster was replace by me and my cousin 2 weeks ago. Brake works fine.

Few things suspecting:

Alternator crap out, but don't have a meter to test atm. Could this even cause the burning smell?

Timing belt jumped? Misaligned and cause it to rub somewhere under the engine?

Brake booster trouble? Oil fluid got into throttle body via vaccum?

Need some pointer on what and where to start testing.

Edit: There are no engine light or any other light lit up on console.


Modified by foxfai at 3:19 PM 8/14/2008

 

Anyone?