1997 Chev Lumina Making Noise - General

Question: This has been going on for about a week, only driven the car twice since it started. A terrible grinding noise is coming from the engine, seems to be from the drive belt...one of the front pulleys perhaps. A friend looked at it and said he saw metal flaking off of a front pulley. The day after this started my car wouldn't start, replaced battery and battery cables in a mall parking lot, now it starts but noise remains. I am forced to drive this car at least 2 or 3 times this week for several miles...if anyone has heard of this specific problem in the v6 3100 motor please let me know chances of chucking the belt or anything worse. Thanks

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Technican: Yes there is a good chance the belt will be damaged or break. You need to see what pulley/part is causing the problem. It seems you are unfamiliar with engine parts, so I recommend visiting an autoparts store (Autozone/Advance) and have them check the charging system (I think the problem has disabled or may be directly related to the charging system- and this is why the battery went dead). They will check the charging system/battery free of charge. The parts guy should be able to identify the problem while he testing things. Don't plan on driving to far. If the belt breaks the engine will overheat rather quickly. Copy and past the following link into your address bar if you'd like an online repair guide that'll help you lean about your engine. autozone.com/servlet/UiBroker?UseCase=RG001&UserAction=viewRepairGuideYMMEYear

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