Power steering failure

[Andyjones41]

Hi guys, whilst I was driving my 2.0 diesel turbo hdi 406 90 bhp...battery charge fault came up on the screen and the power steering failed. I have managed to get the car home and it still starts up and drives at the moment, although it's a bitch to steer around corners with no power steering. Any ideas what the problem could be? I'm thinking the alternator might be done for. Anybody had the same fault?

[lozz]

Hi,

is the Aux/belt still on/intact?

[Andyjones41]

Good call, just checked and it's gone, must have snapped, what's the cost of a fix on it? Can a ameteur do it?

[GingerMagic]

Its not something I have done, but I watched James do it on his car.

If you can get a mate to push on the tensioner with a long spanner, the belt 'should' just go into place.

Here is a link to the diagram of where the belt goes..
http://www.fixya.com/cars/t7655938-peug ... nator_belt

[PeterN]

They are not quite like changing the fan belt on a dynamo but are doable, as ginger says its really a 2 man job although I have changed one by myself but there is not a lot of space so you need to be a bit flexible.

Peter

[Andyjones41]

Cheers lads! It's a relief to know it's a relatively simple job. I was fearing it being far more costly. I've ordered a replacement and I'll give it go. Merry Christmas gents and thanks again.

[PeterN]

The only thing I would say - although its a bit late now, is make sure the belt they send is the right length, I have had problems with this in the past so I measure my belt and order it by length. A bit difficult if you don't have one I know but you can run a piece of string round the pulleys and measure that.

Peter

[Andyjones41]

How safe is it to drive without the belt? Would it be able to do a short distance journey (12 miles) or would this cause major damage to the engine. I have one ready to pickup tomorrow and need to get to it somehow

[binnzy]

Charge battery first, go in daylight so you don't need lights, don't use any thing electrical, your battery should keep going long enough.

[PeterN]

Would be a good idea to take a spare battery with you. It shouldn't hurt the engine, a flat battery is the most likely problem.

Peter

[Andyjones41]

Thanks, I thought it might cause some major damage like overheating or something seizing up. I've only had the peugeout a year and this is the first belt to go so I thought I'd check first

[lozz]

*Before replacing the Aux belt,

Check all the pulley's /starting with the Alternator pulley..

Make sure they spin freely by hand. (obviously the crank pulley wont.

[Ares]

I once passed with my battery not beeing charged about 50km at nights with lights on.
2.0 Petrol turbo engine.

Also i replaced that aux belt,wasnt much of a job,only trouble was to pull the alternator out.

cheers.

[Andyjones41]

I tried the old fashioned method of using the wives tights, she took em' off first of course! Didn't work. Was a long shot anyway.

[lozz]