Angel,
The same flat polybelt drives the alternator and PS pump. If it has
broken you may be able to replace it locally -- it is an 840K4. How
far you will get driving without it depends upon the capacity of your
battery and what electrical accessories you use.
Brian Holm
Parts for Peugeots
At 08:07 PM 11/29/2007, afdzch wrote:
>My 89 405 DL just suffered only its third incident in a long streak of
>reliability after its ECU issues were fixed back in 1990.
>
>I was on the highway when suddenly the battery light went on. I
>naturally assumed it was the battery or the alternator, but I noticed
>that the steering seemed a little harder. Sure enough, once I hit the
>streets it was obvious that the power steering was gone.
>
>The car appears to start and the electric supply appears to be normal.
>
>Any ideas? Is it normal for the battery light to go on when the power
>steering goes?
Brian Holm, Parts for Peugeots
at Peugeot Holm, since 1969
2120 Maple Hill
Plainfield, VT, 05667
802-454-7132, fax -1310
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