Help please poorly saxo

[NewGirl]

Ok so took my forte 1.1 out for the first time tonight I knew the steering was heavy but I had to get some petrol in the poor thing it was thirsty so heres my in need of help.
Step dad checked the power steering fluid and it is full so could it be pump or belt and whats best to do replace ourselves or take it to a garage?
other thing I don't have a manual with the car and in the little clock/ mileage electric part of my dash I have a little spanner what does this mean?
I really don't have a clue lol thanks guys.

[Prickle]

Removing the spanner - service. you can just remove it anyway if you wish

How to reset service light, indicator on a 1998 Citroen Saxo VTR - YouTube

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Chances are the pump has gone. could check the fuse

[stevo67]

As above saxo`s have electric pas, not belt driven.

[wullvfr]

Its worth checking to see if the charge rate is as it should be,if its failing the pas will stop working.

[NewGirl]

thanks guys Im useless poor car is my first car hence why I'm here to pick ur brians lol :D its still going but its just really heavy but seeing as I'm a learner didn't do to bad taking it to the garage to put some petrol in lol stepdad jumped in jsut to reverse it abit coz went to the wrong side :P and he felt how heavy it was so said I'm not to drive it till its fixed :(

[f13sta]

Best to check the fuse for the pump first.
However if it's only the pas that isn't working if say the pump has had it.
Could try tapping it with a hammer. Might get it going again for a while. But not a permant fix.

[NewGirl]

thanks we are going to have a proper look at he car in the light of day and check fuses and stuff as the lovely stepdads done abit of looking up aswell lol so fingers crossed it is jsut the fuse coz dont really want to have to spend money on the pump jsut after insuring it lol

[Ben_SaxoForte]

Are you sure it's got powersteering? I had a 1.1 forte as my first car and it didn't have it so I assumed the forte model is manual.