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Hello and welcome to the LOC. The fan belt or serpentine belt only drives the alternator, AC compressor and power steering pump with an auto tensioner and idler also in the loop. The water pump is driven off the cambelt so this would not be affected and the engine cooling is controlled by electric fans behind the radiator so no overheating would have occured. Unless the belt failed due to age you will need to see if anything in the belt's routing has caused it to shred like a worn or out of alignment pulley but any decent garage will be able to check this and advise accordingly.

Windows don't open from the remote on this one. I foresee problems on the school run.... PM'ed you a few days back on the other side btw.

The price in my other post is just for the plastic cover not the whole mirror assembly.....

After looking into Superchargers and turbochargers and the way they work the main difference seems to be where they draw their power: Conventional supercharger- Coupled to engine via pulley and belt to drive compressor turbine Turbocharger- Coupled to exhaust manifold and powered byexhaust gas flow Electronic supercharger- powered from car battery Now essentially they all generate mass airflow and increase air pressure therefore forcing more air into the engine which the ECU compensates for by adding more fuel to maintain the mix and therefore increasing power. Turbochargers suffer from heat issues due to the hot exhaust gasses passing through and need circulation of cold oil and an intercooler for the pressurised air to keep cold air flowing into the engine. Conventional superchargers draw power from the engine so there is a slight performance trade off but seem to be more robust and have reduced heat issues compared to turbochargers. Electronic superchargers suffer neither from heat or draw power from the engine (work alternator harder to maintain the battery) and as operate in the same way as the others I'm just wondering why they get such bad press as surely one of these done properly will cost less and has the potential to be as efficient as the other options without the heat issues?