[Doug&Julie]

Originally Posted by gsmiller

Yep, high pitched squeal. When mine failed, I could see puffs of steam coming from the passenger side engine vent because it was throwing small amounts of coolant out from the bearing area onto the belt and hot engine. Oh and when I got home and coolant poured out all over my driveway from the area when I removed the coolant cap (realeasing the vacuum), it was a pretty dead giveaway.

Thanks for the good info. Sounds like this is something that gives pretty good warning and, as long as I shut down at first sign, I can avoid total engine destruction.

Sorry to hear about your stress...it's never fun when cars have failures!