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1996 CADILLAC DEVILLE
30,000 MILES • V8 • FWD • AUTOMATIC
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PAT2459
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my 1996 cadillac deville made a noise while making a left hand turn and then a mile or 2 later a message came up that my battery was not charging. the car continued to run but i lost the power steering. any idea what came loose?
May 15, 2011 at 9:35 AM
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WRENCHTECH
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Sounds like you lost your drive belt for a reason that you will still have to determine.
May 15, 2011 at 11:41 AM
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in the event i need to replace the drive belt what is the approximate cost to do so?
May 15, 2011 at 7:52 PM
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If you lost the belt, then you have worse problems than just a belt. Something would have caused it to come off and that needs to be determined.
May 15, 2011 at 7:54 PM
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CADIEMAN
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u prob.throw the belt.but it i poss. that the water pump pully fell off
May 16, 2011 at 1:10 AM
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There are many different possibilities to throw the belt off like bad tensioner, idler pulley, A/C compressor, alternator, air pump, harmonic balancer, etc.
May 16, 2011 at 1:16 AM
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this is true but caddy had a bad problem with their water pump pullys just falling off.
May 16, 2011 at 1:38 AM
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This is a Northstar. the water pump is on the other end of the engine,not even driven by the main belt.
May 16, 2011 at 1:42 AM
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