blacktibby

If you want a quick fix just rub the belt with a ordinary bar of soap, when the engine's not running.

radu_rd2

What kind of belt is it? Maybe try another one? I had a generic Advance Auto brand and it squealed like hell, I replaced it with a Goodyear Gatorback and it stopped.

REDZMAN

EDIT!

I thought this was a thread about DTN. Whups!

Stocker

Removing the belt from any of the belt-driven accessories will not affect running of the car for the few seconds it takes to diagnose which belt is squealing.

You said something about the alternator so start with that one and while it's off make sure the alt. spins relatively freely. Then repeat for all the other accessories one at a time.

If you don't get the engine up to temperature, you don't need the water pump
Your battery has enough reserve to run for several miles without the alternator
The a/c and power steering are just plain optional to have hooked up

(Don't worry about hurting something to leave a belt off when the engine is running)

stealth

^^ well he said its the power steering belt, sounds to me like either a bad pulley or wrong/bad belt

97DerekTiburon

No trying to be a dick but he said the belt looked different from the one he replaced it with. That's gotta mean something right?

stealth

well sure, i just did all mine and they all looked different, but they worked just fine

Stocker

he also said it started after replacing a part of the _________ wink1.gif

likeyoumeanit

Holy crap, I've had this exact same problem for like a week and I was getting on to start a thread about it...

SpoolinShark

Well I think I have fixed the problem. I tried taking the power steering belt off and then turned the car on with it off... no squeal. So I put on the new belt that I got at Advanced today, (took O'reilly's back) and started the car with everything hooked up. And now there is no squeal. So, it apparently was just a bad belt and then I replaced it with a wrong belt. Likeyoumeanit, if this is ur same problem. I would check the p/s belt and that may remedy ur problem. So hopefully that is the problem, I blasted all of my accesories with the car on and still no squeal. So I may be in the clear with this... and now I have an extra p/s pump... Woot!