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Old Mar 23, 2011 | 03:48 PM
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The noise you get maybe comming from the idler pulleys on the AC system. You can remove just the AC belt and find out. I ended up driving for a long time witout the AC belt to kill off the idler pulley bearing screech.

It took over a year for my water pump to actually make a mark on the ground.

I picked up a new one, and new idler pulleys, and put it all in pretty quick. Like 1.5 hours playing around with the new and old parts.
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Old Mar 29, 2011 | 07:17 AM
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well so far the car is fine. who knows what caused it.
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Old Mar 29, 2011 | 07:44 AM
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Sometimes just sitting for a while causes th seals to leak. After some normal useage, they return to normal.

Glad it worked out for you.

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Old Apr 4, 2011 | 06:51 AM
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Well I have been driving the car since Friday . Great weekend for it in FL for sure. I smelled something once but no drips. Nothing else since Friday. So I will just keep an eye on it and update if something happens.
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just a quick update. so far the issue has not come back. weird
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