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Jan 5, 2016 | 11:08 PM

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jkeaton

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Most likely the water pump is shot and the impellers are hitting the inside of the housing. That's the grinding noise.

Jan 6, 2016 | 12:58 AM

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Dodgevity

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Originally Posted by RalphP

Umm ... Fan clutch? No. What happens is the fan is run 100% all the time when the fan clutch seizes.

Or the fan blade comes off if it comes apart.

But no, it won't burn through the drive belt.

You're thinking of an idler, tensioner, or some other driven item off the belt (smog pump, power steering pump, whatever.)

RwP

Ralph, as I was typing "fan", I was thinking AC idler/clutch pulley the whole time. You read me right. Anyway, the issue does sound like the water pump, as jkeaton said.

Last edited by Dodgevity; Jan 6, 2016 at 01:06 AM.