The symptoms you have described sounds most like you had a serpentine belt break or fall off the pulley system (rare but possible).That is a fairly simple job to replace the serpentine belt,whether you replace it yourself or have a professional do the job it isn't a costly repair, providing that is the only problem.There is a serpentine belt routing label under the hood, usually on the plastic piece that goes across the front of the engine compartment near the hood latch release.There is a spring loaded belt tensioner that holds tension on the serpentine belt(labeled on the routing label) rotate the tensioner against the spring pressure, rout the belt according to the routing label, then slowly release tensioner against the new belt and that should complete the installation.Hopefully that is the solution. Good luck !
Testimonial: "top man. Was the belt tensioner seized that burnt the belt which then snapped.Tensioner was ridiculous price from main dealer,£110+ Thanks for advice."
Sounds like the belt may have broke, fallen off, jammed.. Check under the hood with the motor OFF. See if all the PULLEYS turn free. Turn the water pump pulley (not just the fan), and all the other pulleys. There may be a pulley that's jammed, or can't turn. If you don't have any hot air, it could very well be the water pump failed, but check the belt and pulleys... you may have simply had a belt fail. Since this is a serpentine belt (one belt for all pumps and accesories, if the belt fails, all pumps etc stop working. But be sure to check all pulleys and make sure they're turning freely. (the one around the crankshaft won't turn by hand, of course)
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