Stilo Power steering failure

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Hi there, Thanks for the reply. I have been getting a message on the dash "Alternator Fail" for a while and the wipers have been playing up in the winter. I will take your advice and check the battery condition and alternator belt.

Cheers

Paul

It may be that power steering places a heavy transient load on the supply, a proper batttery tester, one that puts a similar load on the battery should find it.

Let us know if it a was battery/alternator problem.

PS Fiat wipers are another story, there is an O-ring nitrile seal on the shaft, after a few years water at 70mph get's forced past it. Iron shaft in zinc alloy diecast tube is not a good combination, corrosion, and it starts to seize up solid. The black moly grease in the gearbox can cause slip-ring problems affecting whether the wipers run at all, even though the motor itself is fine. It's all fixable, and I now have a repair scheme. Problem with the moly is that the sliding contact filters out the moly particles, it forms a pellet, then starts to lift the rubbing contact off the track. The wiper does a few wipes when switched on, then stops.

Hello once again! Alas, it wasn't the battery condition or the alternator (both going strong). It was a faulty Torque Position Sensor (?) I didn't listen that intently when everything was being tested.

The long and the short of it is that with an MoT coming up very soon, £800 to find for the power steering repairs, high mileage, starting to use a bit of oil and the need to have a serviceable car that I have had to say goodbye to my Stilo and get a new car.

It's a shame really because the Stilo was incredibly comfortable and still giving me almost 40mpg.

Cheers

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