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Old Aug 5, 2007 | 10:18 PM
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Odd belt squeel?

Ok, so car warms up nicely and runs great all day. About 5pm I started it up and gave it some gas (car was warm already) and some squeeling came out, but later died. Now at 10pm, the car starts fine as usual, drives fine for about 200 feet then squeels bad. It only squeels over 1500rpm... Turned the car off for about 10 minutes, then turned it back on. Drove great for about a mile then the squealing came back. Car off, then on an hour later. Drives again, no squealing for about 10 miles, then BAM more squeal. I cant tell where it is coming from from the insanely high pitch it has, even when first starting. I was thinking of spraying silicon spray on one pully at a time and see what it could be.

Oh, car was idling when the squeal would start, so if I was driving down the road and came to a red light, then it would squeal...

Car has Yoohoo belt, but never caused a problem last 200 miles.
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Old Aug 5, 2007 | 11:44 PM
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Check for something dripping onto the belts or pulleys? Water pump or OMP leaking? I assume you've already checked the tension, right?
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Old Aug 6, 2007 | 12:58 AM
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Sounds like a belt possibly going bad. Take them off and give them a look to make sure you have no cracking
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Old Aug 6, 2007 | 05:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Kentetsu
Check for something dripping onto the belts or pulleys? Water pump or OMP leaking? I assume you've already checked the tension, right?
No OMP... Will check for cracks/fraying though. If that inst it and the silicone doesn't do the trick I will probably end up cutting off the yoohoo belt and running dual alt.
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