Q: I have a lot of squeaking and squealing from the belt area
How do I know if it's the water pump that is bad? It's middle of winter here, car has not been over heating but squealing from the belt area is driving me nuts. Is it hard to replace water pump, I have put a new belt on so I know how to get that off.
My car has 93000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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