STiNGER Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 80 degrees in Pittsburgh and I decided to take the Legacy out for a stroll. Of course something has to break on such a nice day. I stopped at a red light and the power steering disappeared. Just tough to move the wheel. Lasted for about 10 seconds and then the engine stalled. I saw a small puff of smoke from the front of the hood. I restarted the car and everything seemed fine. Pulled over and inspected. I could not find any leaking fluids and no fluid levels were low. An hour later, I was revving the engine in my driveway listening to a "tinny" metallic rumble at higher RPMs. Sounds like a lose heat shield. Then no power steering combined with engine stall 5 secs later. This time I heard some whining prior and a bit of whining after I restarted. Any ideas what may be wrong? The engine stall piece is the part I really don't understand. Thanks in advance! - Jeff 2006 LGT LTD 5MT Brilliant Silver Cobb AP w/ TDC S2 protune Crucial DP K&N Filter Cusco F&R Sways Tein H-Techs Cobb F&R Endlinks Kartboy SS Xtec HID 5000K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12sechatch Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Power steering issues + stall says bad power/ground to me. Check your battery terminals/cables. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subiestang Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 Check the a/c compressor. Sounds like the clutch blew up. It would have locked up, causing the smoke, the belt stops along with power steering pulley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grovlet Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 Check the a/c compressor. Sounds like the clutch blew up. It would have locked up, causing the smoke, the belt stops along with power steering pulley. Similar issue in my Camaro a while back... Frozen A/C Compressor/Pulley... Sooooo much smoke:eek: Belt will still ride over pulley but it's of course rubbing like no tomorrow:cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STiNGER Posted April 14, 2014 Author Share Posted April 14, 2014 Thanks for the replies guys. None of those are feel good. Sigh. 2006 LGT LTD 5MT Brilliant Silver Cobb AP w/ TDC S2 protune Crucial DP K&N Filter Cusco F&R Sways Tein H-Techs Cobb F&R Endlinks Kartboy SS Xtec HID 5000K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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