Smart Engine Advice?

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Opened up the bonnet today to fill windscreen wiper fluid and saw this.

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Car is a SMART ForFour 1.1
Now which belt is it?

Is it safe to drive with? (e.g. I'm driving along, it snaps, will my valves/rods break, or is not not connected to any of them?)

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That will be your aux belt. Drives the alt, pas pump etc shouldn't be valve related. Its very close to death, any idea how old it is?
 
Get that replaced asap and whilst doing so check all the pulleys / tensioners and immediate areas for anything that could have caused that damage - it's a bit odd to say the least!
 
No idea how last engine died, as I bought the car with the engine fault so it was quite cheap, then bought a new engine to be put in it.

Buying a new belt tomorrow and getting it sorted. Hopefully it'll last that long..
 
That's terrible!

Perhaps whoever put the engine on either didn't notice, or they put the belt on so badly aligned it's eaten itself in 5k miles!

Change ASAP, as you don't want to risk the belt catching anything when it goes.
 
It had been squealing for a second or two a few times in the mornings when starting up, I had put that down to cold weather. Now I think about it though, it has sounded a bit "whiney" lately :/

Only got about 30mins of driving tomorrow (15mins to work in the morning, then 15mins to the garage), but knowing my luck it'll snap on the way to work.

Engine was fitted by Carwood for about £700 too :/
 
If you do have to drive it before you can replace it, and at any point the battery charge warning light comes on, stop the car straight away. The belt looks like it drives the alternator and water pump, if the charge light does come on it means the belt has let go and your water pump won't be spinning either, so it's only a matter of seconds before it starts to overheat!
 
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