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Coolant leak

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Coolant leak

I've got an 01, 3.0 that's had a belt chirp/squeal for a couple months now. Everything looks fine visually and the squeal would go away after a minute or two. Recently the squeal has gotten worse and it gets more noticeable when pushing the accelerator. I looked again and one of the pulleys has a black rubber looking substance building up on it. There is a lot of coolant pooling up in the underside as well - mainly on the oil pan and transmission area. I am assuming it is the water pump, but I can't quite tell if any coolant is coming out of the seams of the water pump though. Any thoughts on where the leak is coming from, or areas I should check before replacing the water pump?
 
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