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I have a 2000 Dakota w/3.9L engine. It was making a squeaking sound accompanied by an off-time knocking. I was told that it was a bearing in the AC compressor. OK, fine.

Today I was driving it and the squealing sound was really loud. I heard (and felt a pop), the engine started pouring out some bluish smoke, and the engine stalled.

I pulled to the closest parking lot and popped the hood - no more smoke, but the squealing was a bit more pronounced. While it wasn't speed sensitive before, it seems to be now. What's also strange is that the random knocking seems to have disappeared.

The squealing goes away entirely when I'm going faster than 40, but is at its worst at 25-30 mph. Guess what, I also drive a lot in residential areas, so this is really annoying. Additionally, the squealing comes and goes.

While I don't think that my truck is magic, the one problem seems to have fixed itself, while the other one got worse. Can anyone give me a good guess at what this is and what I need to?

How did the NFL determine that the Seahawks should play the Bears as opposed to the Saints? Was it a possibility that the Eagles could have played the Bears instead?

A little brat (I think he's 3 yrs. old) wants a jaguar (the car) for Christmas. He goes to the department store Santa and demands one from him.

Santa tries to persuade him that there are other toys he might like instead, but the kid wants a jaguar. The kid gets so mad that he threatens to tell his mommy (a very good customer in the store) that Santa won't give him what he wants for Christmas.

Eventually, Santa gives in and calls out to one of the elves and tells him to the the kid have it. In cartoon style, he releases a jaguar (the big jungle cat) and it chases him all over the store. The kid is screaming for his mommy to help.

There's no music in it, so I know it isn't Bob Rivers or Weird Al.

In the cargo area, there is a slot molded into the plastic trim piece, but there isn't a corresponding slot on the other side. Does anyone know what this is? I went to the Chevy dealer and he said that they all had them, but no trim level had anything that went in there. I find it hard to believe, but if you ask someone that doesn't know, what else could you do?