>Can v-belt failure cause engine damage?  I was traveling about 65 mph
>when the battery & EGR indiot lights came on.  I felt for heat coming
>from the vents and felt none suspecting a broken belt.  I drove about 10
>miles/10 minutes before stopping.  The belt replacement was uneventful
>and everything seems fine now.  Any worries?
>
>Thanks to all.
>
>Jesse

Only if your engine is an upright aircooled, in which the
cooling/heater fan is driven by the belt. Type 4 engines (and flat
Bug-type ie Type 3) have crank-mounted fans, so a broken belt may
cause a flat battery but nothing else..

Watercooled vans will not be affected coolingwise, unless the battery
gets so low at town speeds that the electric cooling fans cannot run.

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1986 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX CE80 diesel sedan
1989 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX CE96 diesel van
1989 Toyota Corona 2.0D Select CT170 diesel sedan
1992 Toyota Estima Lucida 2.2 turbodiesel MPV (=narrow "Previa")
1984 VW Caravelle GL (to be fitted with 260hp Subaru SVX flat-6 &
Porsche G50 trans)
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