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From: ins_aeas@jhunix.UUCP (Earle A .Sugar)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Toyota water pump inquiry
Message-ID: <2289@jhunix.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 19-Mar-86 21:08:35 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar 19 21:08:35 1986
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>  But I had been getting
> some squeaking up front, sort of like a fan belt, before it went.  I think
> the belts were loose, so I can't be too sure that that was it.  But the
> answer is...Yes, I've had/heard this experience.
> -- 
> 
> 	Steve Cooper
> 	Johns Hopkins University
> 	...!seismo!umcp-cs!jhunix!ins_asac
Fan belts that are too tight can also destroy water pump (and power steering
pump, and alternator, etc.) bearings.  However, since your engine had 
over 70k miles on it, and you are from a cold climate (thermal cycling
helps do in bearings), so pump failure should be expected.

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