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A few days ago, I got home and had a huge cloud of smoke come out of the passenger side intake vent. Saw some coolant dripping from the water pump area. Since changing the water pump was on my maintenance to-do list anyway, I just went ahead and ordered a new one. Poked around a bit at other things (coolant tank, AOS, etc) but those all looked fine.
Installed it today. The old one was indeed pretty mangled - impellers were broken, and the wheel had somehow gotten stuck behind the flange of one of the bolts, and they were rubbing up against each other. That can't be good, right? Anyhow, no major issues installing the new one. Car feels much happier now!
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