Squealing belt(s)
Drifting
Joined: Jun 2013
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From: Shell Point (Crawfordville) Florida
I'm not wanting to argue with you, but if you remove the belts (I assume you mean both of them) and run the car, you expect to tell if your AC tensioner is the culprit? Good luck with that. BTW, you haven't even established yet which belt and it's components are actually making the noise.
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Last edited by mrlmd; Feb 10, 2016 at 01:43 PM.
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Joined: Jan 2016
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From: Fort Myers Florida
I'm not wanting to argue with you, but if you remove the belts (I assume you mean both of them) and run the car, you expect to tell if your AC tensioner is the culprit? Good luck with that. BTW, you haven't even established yet which belt and it's components are actually making the noise.
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Again, search is your friend.
Racer
Joined: Jun 2015
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From: Houston Texas
I took the belts off today after all the tensioner pulleys came in from Amazon. When I looked down at the 1st tensioner near the water pump for the main belt I noticed a large amount of dirt around the area the belt transfers. I cleaned the dirt off and decided to throw the old belt on again. The squeal was gone. The tensioner pulley was filthy and the reason the belts were squeaking. Just to be safe I replaced the upper belt tensioner and put a gatorback belt on, replaced the AC belt as well. This weekend I will be installing my Borla exhaust that came in today so at the same time the car is up on jacks I'm replacing all the pulleys.
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From: Fort Myers Florida
Agreed, I waited to install my new exhaust (Borla) until after this was resolved. i installed it today and it finally sounds like a sports car should sound
