leaking water pump, bad bearing on the water pump.
>From: Brian Fitchett <bfitchett@comcast.net>
>Reply-To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
>To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
>Subject: DML: truck issues-antifreeze smell
>Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 06:22:20 -0600
>
>
>I noticed the sweet smell of burnt antifreeze after i got home today. i
>looked for any obvious leaks and didnt see any. i topped off the
>antifreeze and changed the belt since it was cracked and i was under the
>hood anyways. couple of things that i noticed... there were some burn
>marks around the pulley that has the fan attached (i dont know exactly what
>it is called, i am a chemist not a mechanic) like the belt had been
>skidding aginst the mount there and i also noticed that the fan doesnt spin
>freely (if it isnt supposed to, disregard that comment but let me know!).
>so i got the belt on and retensioned, started it up and smoke starts coming
>from the aforementioned pulley, figure that cant be good.... any ideas
>about what the problem may be and what the sweetly sickening smell of
>antifreeze can indicate and how to fix this.
>
>Thanks
>
>Brian
>Black 98 CC V6
>SLC, UT
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