1997 Vauxhall Vectra IT'S GONE!!!

1997 VAUXHALL VECTRA
120,000 MILES • V8 • FWD • MANUAL
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M19ICHELLE77
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I have a '97 Vectra Arctic - for the last few weeks the car has been making a whining noise when I've been accellerating. When I was parked up for a short time this evening after a long motorway journey the car made a noise that I can only describe as 'clunk' - I thought I'd been clipped by another vehicle. When I then started the engine the battery light was on and the steering became very heavy (no power steering at all).

I had been told that it was likely to be my alternator going - is this what's happened? And how much is this going to cost?
Jul 19, 2008 at 2:57 PM
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DAVE H
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the alternator belt has snapped .. once you replace the belt .. test the alternator is giving a charge of 13.5 volts
Feb 26, 2009 at 9:23 PM
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