Q: The car through a serpentine belt

asked by on January 04, 2017

The car has been leaking antifreeze severly. I replaced a hose that for lack of better terms I will call it a spider hose. The hose leads off in different directions a buddy of mine suggested that the problem that caused the serpantine belt to come off was the water pum

My car has 108000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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