That is the weep hole for the water pump. It means the seals are bad in the pump, and it has to be replaced. Most water pumps do have a weep hole on the pump itself. If it leaks from there it usually means that the water pump seal is going bad and soon you will need to replace the waterpump. At least that has been my experience. :-( Some water pumps do have holes either on top or bottom of it. If coolant starts coming out of the hole then it's time to replace the pump.
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it is time to change bearing on that pulley
Most of the time it is because the water pump is going out and it is leaking where the pulley is on the engine.
Take off the sockets and remove the pump pulley.
Either someone has used a belt dressing that left a residue on the pulley or there is a bearing oil seal leaking in the vicinity of the pulley. A few more details of the pulley's environment would be helpful.
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The 1996 Nissan Maxima timing marks can be found on the main pulley, on the front of the engine. The timing marks will be scattered around the outside of the pulley.
there should be and idler pulley next to the A/C pump loosen the nut in the center of it do not remove it the pulley will fly off. under the pulley there is a bolt that loosens or tightens up the belt run it all the way up and the belt should come right off
The idler pulley on a 2003 Nissan Sentra 1.8 is changed by removing the engine accessories, removing the drive belts, and loosening the retaining bolt. The pulley can then be removed from the vehicle and a new one bolted into place.