C180K 1.6L turbocharge or supercharge?

[qiqiao99]

My friend just bought a year 2010 C180K 1.6L, his dealer told him its a turbocharge engine. I thought only CGI got turbocharge and kompressor is supercharge.

[jtang]

If it's 2010, it has to be supercharged...ie kompressor. The 1.6CGI only just launched. You can also open the hood to see if the compressor is there. Or look for the "snail" (turbo) at the exhaust manifold.

[qiqiao99]

Thank you

[qiqiao99]

By the way may I know how does the compressor look like?

[Tigershark]

K = supercharge as it is representing kompressor series.

[jon]

By the way may I know how does the compressor look like?

Bro, the kompressor uses a belt drive that is attached directly to the crankshaft of the car engine. The crankshaft is particularly designed to covert the linear motion of piston into a significant rotational energy that is again further converted to electrical or mechanical needs that the car requires. Thus, the superchargers are powered by the belt attached to the crankshaft, converting the rotational energy to the energy that is needed for controlling the forced induction in the Mercedes kompressor.