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Replaced water pump, radiator, belts, and belts still screaming. wtf?!
As it says, I recently replaced my water pump and radiator, in that order. It all started back when i noticed i was losing coolant very quickly over a period of about a week. I discovered that it was actually 2 hairline fractures in the driver's side of the plastic side tank on the radiator. Specifically, it was the inside seams of the fan mount clips. I made the HUUUUUGE HUGE HUGE HUGE mistake of putting stop-leak in it (For those of you who've never done this, DON'T.), and then it went into the body shop for cosmetic repairs for 2 weeks. Needless to say, the car wasn't running very good when she came out (But damn, she sure did look pretty). The belts were screaming horribly to the point of causing a headache. I was able to drive the car short distances for a while, which is what I needed at the time (GTO was my only driver). Then, my water pump had taken a crap on me, as indicated by pouring water into the reservoir and watching it pour right back out at the pump. So, i flushed the system once with straight water and put the new pump in, which fixed my big leak, but not my squeeling belts problem. Ok, crap. So eventually I got my hands on a new radiator (Unfortunately, I couldn't find an all-aluminum here in Hawaii, and couldn't find any sites that ship them here). I bought some more dexcool, prestone super flush, a new water pump belt, bottled water, and a monster energy drink to get this done. So, step one was flushing the system. Ok, cool, done. Removing the old radiator was a bit of a pain, since some of the hose clamps were facing in the worst directions possible, preventing me from loosening them unless I undid something else completely unrelated, but otherwise it was a fairly easy process. I also made sure to put the new belt in as well. Put everything back together, fill the coolant properly, ran it for 20 minutes, and TA-DA! My coolant system is officially fixed! .... Kinda. The belts are screaming. STILL. And it's driving me and all my neighbors nuts because now I have no clue what it is, if it's not the water pump, and it's not the belt itself. All the pulleys seem to function properly, as well. What the hell is going on with my car?
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