As long as the car is not over heating should be fine.
Keep a close check on water level in radiator. Never check when hot.
If over heating light or gauge comes on or gets to hot stop car immediately. Never drive car if hot can do serious damage.
You should be ok running it until the replacement arrives. If the radiator gets hot that indicates that he water pump is still circulating coolant. If you are really worried/curious put a socket on the belt tensioner pulley and remove the belt. Turn the pump pulley by hand. There should be very little resistance. Check for play in the bearing and any roughness or odd noises, although this is not always apparent without the tension of the drive belt on it. Reinstall the drive belt and wait until the dealership can replace the pump seal.
SOURCE: squeak in front of engine 2002 taurus
I assume that the noise changes with engine RPMs, not vehicle speed since you mention washing down the engine - something pretty hard to do if the car is going down the road-
Is it possible that what you describe as a squeak is instead a whistle?
The symptoms you mention related to water could mean that an intake manifold gasket (or another part of the intake system) has a bad gasket and is causing a whistling noise from air being pulled in where it shouldn't happen.
If the failed gasket is allowing water into the intake system, that would explain why the engine sounds like it wants to die.
You might take a 2-foot length of vacuum hose or similar, hold one end to your ear and move the other end around the engine to see if you can more accurately isolate the source of the noise, be it squeak or whistle.
Obviously, don't hold the hose too tight in case you get tangled up with a belt or rotating part.
Good luck-
SOURCE: Squeak in front end
Okay....I have been working on my boss' car for a week with this SAME issue....first....try to figure out the spot it is coming from. This part is the pain. Second, have a can of WD-40 and spray it into any joint you find. This squeek could be from an upper bushing, a lower bushing, an A arm bushing, or any other bushing on that side....so start out with this method first because it will only cost you a few dollars, or free if you have it already. But do one at a time till you find it. Then, you'll know what item to replace.
SOURCE: struts were replaced but there is still squeaking in front
possible sway bar links, strut bearing plates (they sit on top of the strut), ball joints, tie rod ends. If the you can make it squeek by pushing up and down on the front, have someone do this while trying to narrow where the noise is coming from.
SOURCE: 2003 saturn vue 3.0 engine, replaced timing belt,
You could have a leaking water pump gasket. Did you put sealant on it when you replaced it? were ALL surfaces totally clean?
SOURCE: 98 Chevy cavalier overheating
That is really quick, like you are getting no water flow at all. Make sure that a radiator hose is not collapsing enough to stop the flow. If possible on that model, take off the radiator cap and shine a light to see if the water passages in the radiator are clogged up with rust or sediment. If this started after the new thermostat was installed, make sure it was not put in backwards.
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