Sounds like the fan belt went.

Mike

On 9/22/04 7:36 PM, "Andy Zappe" <Zapvw@AOL.COM> wrote:

> was about a block from home today and the van sputtered for a second but kept
> going as i shifted down from 3rd to 2nd around the corner.  kept driving the
> last 100 yards or so and the battery light and oil light stayed lit and the
> power steering went out.
>
> any ideas????? any relationship between those components???  car still drove
> just had the two indicators on and tough but doable steering.
>
> andy
> 85 westy
>
>