A friendly neighbour living on our Complex has been pestering me for some time to take him for a ride in my Stag, so today I thought I would oblige. Just a short run around the back streets of Los Cristianos. Everything seemed fine until the steering started to get heavy and I thought must have a look under the bonnet when I get back to see what the problem is.
As I was nearing home there was suddenly a tremendous loud clatter from underneath the bonnet forcing me to immediately pull over thinking the worst. Lifting the bonnet there was nothing left of the power steering belt which must have broke and then shredded itself around the fan and under parts of the body. The cooling fins on the oil cooler pipe were all flattened as though bashed with a mallet, and I could see power steering fluid where it should not have been.
Got the car home and parked her up. Engine too hot to mess about checking the full extent of damage there & then.
Will do so tomorrow when the Car Park is still in shade. I have a spare belt somewhere but dread undoing & redoing the power steering bracket bolts as the holes are already heli-coiled and I have a “heath robinson” bracket attached to keep everything in place. Hopefully will be able to fit a new belt and separate and bend the cooling fins back in place. Why some power steering fluid escaped I don’t yet know but hope it is nothing serious and the pipes are O.K.
Wish me Luck.
As I was nearing home there was suddenly a tremendous loud clatter from underneath the bonnet forcing me to immediately pull over thinking the worst. Lifting the bonnet there was nothing left of the power steering belt which must have broke and then shredded itself around the fan and under parts of the body. The cooling fins on the oil cooler pipe were all flattened as though bashed with a mallet, and I could see power steering fluid where it should not have been.
Got the car home and parked her up. Engine too hot to mess about checking the full extent of damage there & then.
Will do so tomorrow when the Car Park is still in shade. I have a spare belt somewhere but dread undoing & redoing the power steering bracket bolts as the holes are already heli-coiled and I have a “heath robinson” bracket attached to keep everything in place. Hopefully will be able to fit a new belt and separate and bend the cooling fins back in place. Why some power steering fluid escaped I don’t yet know but hope it is nothing serious and the pipes are O.K.
Wish me Luck.
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