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Problem: Panel Warning Lights Stay On While Driving 900 1994

posted by  someone claiming to be Tyco Gnome on  Wed May 12 22:50 CST 2004 [RELATED]

Greg
I had an alternator belt break on my 1994 940GL at 155,000km, and yes, all the lights on the dashpanel came on, plus the motor idled really roughly.

One thought - given you have to go to the trouble of removing the AC belt to replace the alternator belt, why not go the whole hog and remove the waterpump belt as well and replace all 3 belts with new ones. This means you don't have to look at belts again for many miles (apart from routine retensioning). If one has failed, the others may not be far behind... Murphy's law dictates that the waterpump belt fails next, which means having to remove the alternator and AC belts you just replaced...

I used Gates brand belts - got the sizes from their website. The waterpump and AC belts I've kept as spares.

One point to note: do NOT use the long skinny adjuster bolts to adjust belt tension UNLESS you have loosened the pivot points on the relevant item eg. alternator, AC compressor. I've seen many of these bolts snapped by people who just wound then up without loosening the pivot points.

Those ratcheting ring spanners (eg Powerbuilt brand) are really useful for loosening and tightening pivot bolts.

John Marshall
1994 940GL
Christchurch NZ






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