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| Belt Squealing on Startup; I start my car after an moderate amount of time and a belt starts squealing really loudly for about a minute. | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Sep 6 2017, 12:36 PM (191 Views) | |
| Ovgol | Sep 6 2017, 12:36 PM Post #1 |
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I've encountered this problem another time over this past summer, but it was with the belt on my A.C Compressor. Turns out, there was some bearing or washer that would tip over and cause the belt to rub against something else. This is new. On startup, my car will squeal like a harpy from hell. I can sometimes get it to stop if I throw the car in reverse right away or rev the engine a couple of times (increasing the noise momentarily, too). I've had the serpentine belt replaced before but this is a new problem that showed up after the A.C belt problem had been solved. Any ideas?? Take it easy, dudes
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| ptcapboy | Sep 6 2017, 01:45 PM Post #2 |
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probably just a loose alternator belt everyone has had one of those at one time or another-you can try loosening the 3 14mm bolts on your alternator (1 top 2 bottom) and I get a tire iron put it at the bottom forward part of the alternator-I then with one hand push the tire iron towards the windshield and tighten the top 14mm bolt with the other hand-you can then release it and tighten the 2 bottom bolts- |
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| bkgeig | Sep 6 2017, 02:27 PM Post #3 |
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When mine was squealing years ago it was a worn out water pump |
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