Power Steering Failure

[Thornebt]

Hopefully it's the timing cover and not engine casing. Not sure if the garage will be keen to fit an engine from a scrap yard.

 

[TheBig1]

Hopefully it's the timing cover and not engine casing. Not sure if the garage will be keen to fit an engine from a scrap yard.

Nothing wrong with used engines, especially on commercial vehicles. If the garage is not keen it will be because they don't make a markup. Use another mechanic. Or you could up the budget a bit and fit a refurbished engine. They both come with a guarantee but a re-manufactured one the warranty is longer and they expect the old engine as an exchange

 

[Landy Andy]

Glad you’ve worked out what it is. Probably just timing cover hopefully so an easy fix. Just adds to my dislike of Ford engines. Given the choice I’d have a Fiat engine over a Ford any day.

Hope it works out for you.

 

[jockaneezer]

Some of those crankshaft pulleys have the outer rim "bonded" with rubber to the inner hub, something to do with "harmonic balance" and the rubber can eventually let go. Had it on my son's CRV.

 

[ivorantony]

Funnily enough I had that on my Renault master two months ago,
In Scotland at the time and just setting off south, noticed an unusual noise on my walk around,
suspected alternator or power steering pump but the noise was very marginal so headed south,
if I kept the revs at 1800 to 2200 it wasn’t bad, travelled 450 miles home,
halfway back the noise increased dramatically, stopped and checked again nothing seemed out of the ordinary, so limped home much slower than normal,
on stripping out the belts and cambelt everything seemed ok, decided to check the timing gears so decided to remove the crankshaft pulley, it wasn’t until the pulley was on the ground could you see that the Rubber between the the two halves had broken up,
New pulley brought for £80 but immensely relieved that it wasn’t more serious,

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[gus-lopez]

As said the part attached to the crankshaft & the outer belt drive part are bonded with vulcanised rubber .quite common to let go on different engines.My mates alfa 156 was on number 4 when he got rid.
The ford engine the 2,2 tdci doesn't have a cam belt but a chain so it could have punctured the metal cover. They are one use only & don't cost a lot. That might well be where the oil is coming from

 

[ChrisL]

For anyone concerned about their harmonic balancer, scribe a line using tipex, chalk or white marker from the centre of the crankshaft pulley to the outside edge, then run the engine for a couple of minutes, then stop the engine and examine the mark you made, if the mark still lines up you're okay, if not then get the pulley changed as soon as possible, as if the pulley comes apart it can cause very serious damage.

 

[Thornebt]

To wrap this thread up I can say that my van is now back on the road. It was recovered to a repairers a short distance from my home in Somerset although it was a few days before they could bring it down. My wife and I came home 200 miles in a taxi supplied by the breakdown people.

Middletons Motor Care were recommended by West Country Motorhomes where I bought my van two years ago. Middletons replaced the crankshaft pulley, timing cover, crankshaft oil seal and a couple of belts. A service and the MOT were also due so I got those done at the same time. It failed the MOT on a fractured leaf spring so that was also replaced. The total bill came to £1400 which was less than I feared. It's the largest automotive bill I've ever had as I normally do my own repairs. But it's the only major bill in two years of ownership so I think I'm more fortunate than a lot of people I read about on this forum.

Just need to plan another trip now.

 

[Two on Tour]

Glad to hear that you are back on the road again and hopefully your van will not give you any more trouble.

 

[Gingernuts]

Is it just the crankshaft pulley on the 2.2 ford puma engine or the alternator pulley as well?
My Possl 2win has this engine and is 10 years old with 65000 miles.

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[Thornebt]

Is it just the crankshaft pulley on the 2.2 ford puma engine or the alternator pulley as well?
My Possl 2win has this engine and is 10 years old with 65000 miles.

Someone will correct me if I'm wrong but I think it's a double pulley with belts to the alternator and power steering pump.

 

[Gromett]

To wrap this thread up I can say that my van is now back on the road. It was recovered to a repairers a short distance from my home in Somerset although it was a few days before they could bring it down. My wife and I came home 200 miles in a taxi supplied by the breakdown people.

Middletons Motor Care were recommended by West Country Motorhomes where I bought my van two years ago. Middletons replaced the crankshaft pulley, timing cover, crankshaft oil seal and a couple of belts. A service and the MOT were also due so I got those done at the same time. It failed the MOT on a fractured leaf spring so that was also replaced. The total bill came to £1400 which was less than I feared. It's the largest automotive bill I've ever had as I normally do my own repairs. But it's the only major bill in two years of ownership so I think I'm more fortunate than a lot of people I read about on this forum.

Just need to plan another trip now.

Thank you so much for coming back and letting us know how you got on. That is greatly appreciated