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Post Mon Jul 04, 2022 6:23 pm

My car has developed a problem, I started her up this morning and the fan belt screeched, so out with the tools and a quick tighten, I then got in the car and tried to pull out of my parking spot the steering wheel shakes when turning and feels lumpy when turning when the car is low revs, when driving normal the steering seems fine, I have look in the steering fluid and seems plenty of fluid so am unsure what to test next
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Post Mon Jul 04, 2022 6:57 pm

Which belt did you tighten?

There is a separate one for the steering.

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Post Mon Jul 04, 2022 7:06 pm

Top one to alternater
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Post Mon Jul 04, 2022 7:33 pm

Corasdad wrote: ↑
Mon Jul 04, 2022 6:23 pm
 My car has developed a problem, I started her up this morning and the fan belt screeched, so out with the tools and a quick tighten, I then got in the car and tried to pull out of my parking spot the steering wheel shakes when turning and feels lumpy when turning when the car is low revs, when driving normal the steering seems fine, I have look in the steering fluid and seems plenty of fluid so am unsure what to test next
If the fluid is full and it has just started to happen, first things I would try are change belt and while it is off see if the pump turns by hand. If it feels like a bearing is gone then it might be the pump.
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Post Mon Jul 04, 2022 7:35 pm

Corasdad wrote: ↑
Mon Jul 04, 2022 7:06 pm
 Top one to alternater
That's the wrong one. Bottom one to the pump. Does it have Aircon?
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Post Mon Jul 04, 2022 7:52 pm

OK thanks I will try 👍
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Post Tue Jul 05, 2022 7:44 pm

I think steering fixed, but the belt I got for alternator is wrong my belt says 10x1013 can anybody confirm this is correct size as my alternator is on it last adjustment, my car is 1990 1.8 4 door saloon
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Post Tue Jul 05, 2022 9:09 pm

Corasdad wrote: ↑
Tue Jul 05, 2022 7:44 pm
 I think steering fixed, but the belt I got for alternator is wrong my belt says 10x1013 can anybody confirm this is correct size as my alternator is on it last adjustment, my car is 1990 1.8 4 door saloon
According to realoem it is correct for a '90 318i 4-door.

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Nothing to say something hasn't been changed like the alternator. If it won't tighten then you may have to get one 10-20mm smaller
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Post Tue Jul 05, 2022 9:14 pm

Brill thanks
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