Belt/Power Steering/Brakes stopped!

laracroft · Nov 1, 2014

I'm in Berryhill Park, Mansfield! Driving from Wakefield a belt has disintegrated in my engine bay covering it in melted plastic. There seems to be wrapped up belt of sorts around the radiator. The power steering has gone, brakes are very stiff. And there is a burnt plastic smell throughout.
It's in a driveable condition and the RAC are on their way to see what they can do. But I'm thinking foresight in what I'll need to do to it this weekend! I've got a 200 mile drive back to base late tomorrow as well so I need it all fixed by then! Any help/suggestions welcomed! It's a Defender 90 TD5, 2.5 TDI 2001

I will update on any progress the RAC wo/man does.
Thanks
T

Jonnyb1990 · Nov 1, 2014

serpentine /aux belt could of snapped taking something out

Datatek · Nov 1, 2014

Idler pully seized taking out the belt, could also be any of the things driven by the belt.

laracroft · Nov 1, 2014

Yep RAC guy said idler pully stopped. Just paid £171 to get it towed back north as I'm not covered. #### my life. Nothing he can do. I've begged and pleaded with Simon Services and he's gonna help me outside of his office hours

Datatek · Nov 1, 2014

laracroft said:
Yep RAC guy said idler pully stopped. Just paid £171 to get it towed back north as I'm not covered. #### my life. Nothing he can do. I've begged and pleaded with Simon Services and he's gonna help me outside of his office hours

That's tough. Get yourself RAC/AA cover with recovery, never own a L/R vehicle without it.

laracroft · Nov 1, 2014

Noted! I do seem to learn life the hard way.

discomania · Nov 3, 2014

laracroft said:
I'm in Berryhill Park, Mansfield! Driving from Wakefield a belt has disintegrated in my engine bay covering it in melted plastic. There seems to be wrapped up belt of sorts around the radiator. The power steering has gone, brakes are very stiff. And there is a burnt plastic smell throughout.
It's in a driveable condition and the RAC are on their way to see what they can do. But I'm thinking foresight in what I'll need to do to it this weekend! I've got a 200 mile drive back to base late tomorrow as well so I need it all fixed by then! Any help/suggestions welcomed! It's a Defender 90 TD5, 2.5 TDI 2001

I will update on any progress the RAC wo/man does.
Thanks
T

What caused the stiff brakes in the end?

Aux belt doesn't run the vac pump which is the only thing that should have any impact on the brakes if it were engine related.

ifloochies · Nov 4, 2014

discomania said:
What caused the stiff brakes in the end?

Aux belt doesn't run the vac pump which is the only thing that should have any impact on the brakes if it were engine related.

If I'm not mistaken, the vacuum pump is run off the alternator drive, so I assume with the belt gone, charging and vacuum for the brakes would be taken out too.

easye1 · Nov 4, 2014

Datatek said:
That's tough. Get yourself RAC/AA cover with recovery, never own a L/R vehicle without it.

oh agree + 2 or 3 times....

but I had to be Insistant that I paid for recovery so I want recovery....

there getting slipperier than a greased slippy snake the buggers..

laracroft · Nov 6, 2014

discomania said:
What caused the stiff brakes in the end?

Aux belt doesn't run the vac pump which is the only thing that should have any impact on the brakes if it were engine related.

I am unsure as of yet, I am down at my base and my 90 is up at Simon Services near Wakefield on holiday for the week getting a health check. I am calling them tomorrow or Saturday morning to see what the damage to my wallet is along with what happened that day exactly. I'm no mechanic, but ifloochies sounds like he's onto something.

b20wnx · Nov 8, 2014

Glad to hear Simons helping you out, think am popping up there on Monday so will paint that back door for ya

ratty · Nov 8, 2014

a new idler pulley is around £25. The bearing that the pulley runs on is about £5. I carry a spare bearing on board my landy in case of emergency.

discomania · Nov 17, 2014

ifloochies said:
If I'm not mistaken, the vacuum pump is run off the alternator drive, so I assume with the belt gone, charging and vacuum for the brakes would be taken out too.

Yes you are right, I read his post as him having a TDI though, he has put: " It's a Defender 90 TD5, 2.5 TDI 2001"

laracroft · Nov 17, 2014

discomania said:
Yes you are right, I read his post as him having a TDI though, he has put: " It's a Defender 90 TD5, 2.5 TDI 2001"

It's all in the detail! However, as a LR novice, if you had mine, how would you describe it when giving basic specs like I tried... serious question?

blue beasty · Nov 18, 2014

laracroft said:
It's all in the detail! However, as a LR novice, if you had mine, how would you describe it when giving basic specs like I tried... serious question?

It's just the TDI bit that caused the confusion, Td5 is one engine, Tdi is another. It cant be both

laracroft · Nov 18, 2014

blue beasty said:
It's just the TDI bit that caused the confusion, Td5 is one engine, Tdi is another. It cant be both

Ohh, I always thought when saying Tdi you're saying Turbo Diesel...

Bromsgrove Defender · Nov 18, 2014

Brace yourself!!

When mine went it took out the crank pulley damper too

Fingers crossed

discomania · Nov 18, 2014

laracroft said:
Ohh, I always thought when saying Tdi you're saying Turbo Diesel...

TDI is Turbo Direct Injection, you also had the 2.5 TD 19J engine which was indirect injection but it was still turbo charged.

trax · Nov 18, 2014

also two types of tdi 200/300

laracroft · Nov 18, 2014

Learn something new everyday!

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