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Question posted by rockybarton728 on March 13th, 2013

Water Pump Or Heater Core???

Have a squeeky grindind sound at pully area and water dripping under it. The heater does not work as good so is it the heater core or is it the water pump? and it also uses a lot of water from reserve tank...

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