peteekp
19-02-2010, 06:30 PM
I was out driving yesterday, and after about 3-4 miles, I lost power steering (it became heavy). I looked down, and saw that the alternator light was also on. After about 5 seconds, power steering came back, and the alternator light went out. The same thing happened about 4 minutes later, again for about 5 seconds. The rest of the 30 mile journey was fine. As it was raining hard, I didn't bother looking for too long.
Today, there is a squealing noise from the belts, but no loss of power steering or alternator light. The belts all seem reasonably tight and in reasonable condition.
My mechanic had a look a few months ago when I mentioned that there was a bit of belt squeal, and said that it was nothing to worry about as they do that all the time, and the belts looked fine, and squirted a bit of WD40 somewhere (I didn't ask where) and it was fine until now. He works on a lot of Passats/Octavias for a taxi company.
What's the problem likely to be or what should I be checking - is something about to seize, are the tensioners on their way out, or something else?!?
Cheers,
Pete
Today, there is a squealing noise from the belts, but no loss of power steering or alternator light. The belts all seem reasonably tight and in reasonable condition.
My mechanic had a look a few months ago when I mentioned that there was a bit of belt squeal, and said that it was nothing to worry about as they do that all the time, and the belts looked fine, and squirted a bit of WD40 somewhere (I didn't ask where) and it was fine until now. He works on a lot of Passats/Octavias for a taxi company.
What's the problem likely to be or what should I be checking - is something about to seize, are the tensioners on their way out, or something else?!?
Cheers,
Pete