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Anyone who knows anything about cars???
TweetK, I think my car is jacked up but I dont know much about them... My battery light came on this morning, I have a very hard time turning the steering wheel(I checked and it's got plenty power steering fluid) and all the lights on my dash are really dim. Does this mean my battery is going bad, or because the steering wheel is so hard to turn, is there somehting else wrong? Thanks...
Elite FG Resident
TweetProbably a broken belt. Look under the hood and you will see pulleys behind the radiator. One of the pulleys is probably empty.
Good Luck
PS-Get belt put on ASAP, because it is the belt that drives the alternator, which recharges the battery, which means you will run out of juice very soon. And car won't start, it will possibly die while driving.
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Tweetsounds like you have a belt or pulley problem. look and see if your belt is still on. it runs the altenator (battery) and the power steering as well
TweetOK, thanks guys, is that something pretty cheap to fix?
Elite FG Resident
TweetYes.
Depending on how what when and where, you know all that good stuff.
belt- 5 - 15 bucks, depending on car etc.
labor - 20- 30 bucks, should only be loosening and tigtening 1 or 2 nuts
Of course, if you have some foreign car, or a very small compact car and belts and pulleys go everywhere, and other stuff has to be loosened, etc.
You can go to nappa.com and get parts quotes and labor rates
Good Luck
TweetSounds more like your alternator is going out....doesn't sound like a pulley problem!
Or possibly your battery cables may not have a good enough connection...but i doubt thats the case!
Alternator's are a bit more anywhere between $125-200 maybe more depending on ur vehicle!
TweetI have a 98 ford escort zx2
Thanks for the help guys, I guess I'll just take it to the shop
Elite Senior Resident
Tweetford are notorious for idler and tensioner pulley problems.
Elite Senior Resident
Tweetwatch it broham ,
Elite Senior Resident
Tweetme too, 2 of them
Elite Senior Resident
Tweetlol, something like that. i dust them both and drive my jeep
Elite Senior Resident
TweetDefinately sounds like a belt problem bjtheman. That's the only way she'd loose her power steering and alternator at the same time.
RIP BigJim33 & GearedUp: You are sorely missed my friends.
Hindsight is always 20/20. But looking back it's still a bit fuzzy.
TweetYall are thinking too hard
With her symptoms she's got battery troubles....the batt light is the biggest tip-off :p
The power steering is out a little because the batt is hardly working and not even juicing the lights. The way she could have multiple symptoms is because these accessories run off of one belt most probably, the serpentine belt ----> one belt running all the accessories (water pump, alt., AC, etc).
In which case means: no battery = no accessory power.
TweetHW, what was wrong with your car?
TweetDoes it run hot? IF so and you have serpentine..its the belt.
It would make sence...alternator doesnt charge up battery full..things dim and batt light comes one. Powersteering sucks...both of those simutaneously would be belt related. Not battery related..the battey doesnt have anything at all to do with PS.
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