Coolant change, now it's squeeling
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Racer
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Coolant change, now it's squeeling
While I had the vette in to have the driver's side axle leak repaired, I had them change the original coolant. Since I picked it up it's been squeeling in the area of the belts. What's causing this? Could it be they just got some coolant on the new belts? Any ideas, should I just spray some belt dressing on? I normally hate belt dressing, it tends to make a mess of the engine area.
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The GM chassis service manual actually says not to use belt dressing on serpentine belts. It can deteriorate the belts.
If it is coolant, it is water soluble. I would just was the belts with water and dry them off, then see if the noise is still there.
Hopefully, the noise is just the belts, and not something they did to make the water pump go out.
If it is coolant, it is water soluble. I would just was the belts with water and dry them off, then see if the noise is still there.
Hopefully, the noise is just the belts, and not something they did to make the water pump go out.
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Originally Posted by TEXHAWK0
The GM chassis service manual actually says not to use belt dressing on serpentine belts. It can deteriorate the belts.
If it is coolant, it is water soluble. I would just was the belts with water and dry them off, then see if the noise is still there.
Hopefully, the noise is just the belts, and not something they did to make the water pump go out.
If it is coolant, it is water soluble. I would just was the belts with water and dry them off, then see if the noise is still there.
Hopefully, the noise is just the belts, and not something they did to make the water pump go out.
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Originally Posted by ytwokc5
What could they do that would make the water pump go out? I did try hosing the belts off, the quieted down until the water dried now the squeek is back.
When you first wrote the note, I did not know if you knew for sure the noise was coming from the belts and not from the water pump. I was thinking that if they started the engine before they got enough coolant in it, the seal might have run dry for awhile and caused it to start leaking. You might want to check the pump weep hole and make sure there is no coolant leaking from it.
