[s-cars] flame out during morning drive?

[Kent McLean]

Rich Dauenhauer wrote:
> Found that I picked up a nail in the pass rear and got
> up early to take down to the tire shop for road hazard
> repair 10 min away. While driving all of sudden
> Battery and brake warning indcators come on and I
> notice that Power steering has ceased working!!! WTF?
> Pull into lot and kill eng. key off and back on with
> same result. 
> Where do I start with this one?

Pick up a tire repair kit at your local FLAPS. It should
come with a rasp, insertion tool, and a couple of plugs
that look like rubbery rope.  Remove the nail, rasp the
hole, insert the plug, inflate the tire.  You can fix two
more holes for all of $5.

As for the battery and brake warning lights -- open the
hood and see if the accessory belt is there.  No belt,
no drive to the alternator, so no juice to the battery,
hence the light.  No belt, no drive to the PS pump, so
no PS.  I'm not sure about the brakes; no belt, no drive
to the brake booster, which triggers the warning light?

HTH,
Kent
'94 100 S Avant
'89 200 TQ, "Bad Puppy" needs a new home