This is entirely possible!! I will try to dig up a thread I saw on a professional shop forum, but it happened to an N52 engine I think. It sucked nearly the entire belt into the oil pan and then clogged up the oil pickup tube on the pump.I couldn't believe what I was seeing in a photograph, but the techs at that shop said they had to look at it for a while to really comprehend what they were seeing in real life. Just a huge lump of belt shreds sucked into the engine, through that small gap where the seal used to live, and tangled up like an oily bunch of vines.
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