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i could see how coolant or oil can leak out into the opti and also create a whitish smoke, that could also explaing the belt type noise, coolant or oil could have gotten on the belts, or it could be a bearing in either the water pump or opti, and if something gets into the opti, that will surely cause some problems. Like i said before i dont know much about the lt1's, i only owned a 93 T/A for a 6 months, and the 96 LT1 in my vette only has 6,609 original miles right now, and neither have i really gotten much time to play with. anyway i wish you luck with getting it fixed soon and i hope they dealer doesnt hit you too hard. btw, if its water pump related, go for a electric conversion. I will do the elec. swap on my 96, once i hit 10k miles(that may take several years, lol)
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