It's common for leaking Power Steering fluid gets on the serpentine belt - causing slippage and ultimately belt breakage.
yes the serpentine belt will be hot after running engine
Yes the engine can run without the power steering belt, but would be very hard if not impossible to steer around a corner. Even if the belt were a serpentine belt driving the Power Steering Pump, Alternator, and Water Pump the car would continue to run until it overheated or ran out of enough electricity to run. However if the engine was an OHC engine and the Cam belt breaks it will stop running.
on the front of the engine and it is run by the serpentine belt.
The power steering pump is located on the front of the engine. The uppermost pump connected to the serpentine belt.
the power steering pump is on the top left of the engine , i think it's the highest point of the serpentine belt route.
It is at the back of the engine on the pass side. It is under the alternator, follow the serpentine belt to the power steering pump.
What kind of whining? Could be your serpentine, could be your steering pump.
its above the serpentine belt on the lefth hand side of the engine
it is the topmost pulley on the serpentine belt, to the left of the engine bay
the belt you are asking about is the one on the front of the engine it turns the alternator & power steering pump.
steering fluid reservoirunder hood, passenger side, above serpentine belt.
when serpentine belt comes off, you will loose power steering, the alternator will stop charging the battery and the water pump will stop circulating coolant so you will have a flat battery in an overheated engine and very little steering capability