Serpenting Belt Noise

That's the first place to start.. luckily there arent too many pulleys that the A/C belt goes around (I think 3 crank, a/c compressor, and the tensioner). The belts make a small indentation in the pulleys where they like to sit which could be the cause of the squeek. You'll need patience and a stethoscope to try to isolate where it's coming from if you dont want to replace a bizzillion pulleys in your car. Does it sqeek all the time or when it's cold? or when you give it gas? Could the belt be loose? Also look at the belts and see if there is wear on either of the edges or on the top of it.

-Stan

I'm wondering if this is a misaligned tensioner or a/c compressor?

Back in the dark ages of 'vee' belts we used to attack a squeak by applying a little parafin or lubriplate to the edge of the belt. Probably not the best ploy with a serpentine but it might provide a clue as to which edge is rubbing.

Sometimes those serpentine belts just squeak with no obvious visual indicators..... Crappy answer huh? LOLOL But it's true. :-) Might have to just buy one and see.

Steve Horrillo wrote:

Thanks' for the reply,

Now it squeaks all the time. When I'm in traffic I can only hear it if I'm next to another car and the sound echos off the other car. The rpm's do seem to alter the pitch of the sound. The belts don't look too bad but I'm at

Every time I get my car serviced at a dealer something else seems to go wrong soon after. When I take the car back they alway find something unrelated wrong then charge a over-priced charge to get it fixed. If I treaten to take it somewhere else the service writer politely informs me that to get my car back I'll have to pay diagnostic/teardown/rebuild costs. In Florida is there anything I can do to prevent the dealer from holding me up for these costs... other than to never take it to a dealer that is :)

Yes there is an arbitration board for auto repairs, see if you can Google it. And there are arbitration boards for everything that has property liens involved, like construction, etc. This is not uncommon with the slash and burn tactics seen by more than a few dealers and garages. Kill 'em all on the first visit and let God sort 'em out. LOLOL

Plus and other >Every time I get my car serviced at a dealer something else seems to go

"Steve Horrillo" wrote in message news:1Ktqf.21672$ snipped-for-privacy@bignews1.bellsouth.net...

if you're unhappy with a dealer ? take it up with GM.

happy holidays

Try to avoid the dealer at all costs...............in Palm Coast, Florida try DOYLE AUTOMOTIVE...very honest very good mechanics..fair book price....dealer estimated $1200 to fix my Cadillac Air ...Doyle found the problem and charged me $89.00 for labor and a new ground wire..

My extended warranty's underwriter went bust so I'm on my own now. Thnks for the reply.

Why and how can the dealers get away with being so crooked. I SWEAR they sabotage the car. It seems every time I bring it in something else goes wrong. Often on the way home. My relative who was a chevy mechanic said h never heard of sabotage but it happens way too often to be coincidance. I'm considering mounting a couple of hidden cameras. :)

How true.. The belts run about $20-25 if you want to do it yourself. Of course you could get your flashlight out, turn on the car and try to see if you can see any of the pulleys woble. Oh, also.. just thought of this.. (and I dont know if it applies since I havent really inspected the ac compressor and its 30 degrees out) The pulley on my blower has different offsets depending on which way you bolt it on. If the ac pulley does the same type of thing and it was put on back asswards then you'd have a 1/16in variance and thereby get a squeel. It would shred the edge of the belt though probably. Oh, and one more thing.. the a/c serp. belt sits behind the main serp. belt. We may all be talking about the a/c belt, when in fact it's the other one squeeking since they would have prob. had it off to do the a/c compressor. Mechanics have a stethoscope that has an airtube instead of the flat microphone thing your doc has. If they want to.. (six pack of beer..bottle of JD..etc) they can use it to get a real good idea of where the squeek is.

-Stan

"RicSeyler" wrote in message news:Cfhqf.16204$ snipped-for-privacy@bignews5.bellsouth.net...

Take both belts off and turn them around so they rotate in the other direction. This may help. If not, new belts may be necessary.

Dave WI

Steve Horrillo wrote: