LTX_Alex

Hey everyone,

Just yesterday, I was driving home from the park and before I took off. I was letting the car reach a bit over a 100 degrees (car has been sitting for 8 hours and I like to let it warm up before taking off so I can let the engine be lubricated well enough to drive away). When I was driving off, I heard a loud squeal. As I was accelerating, the squeal got louder & louder and when I finally got 210 degrees, the squeal went away for remainder of the drive home. I got home and poped open the hood and started looking around making sure everything looks good (mainly the belt). I noticed that the belt tensioner pulley was wobbling while idling and I gave it gas and the wobble got a bit worse. Before I had this problem I changed the serpentine belt two weeks ago. I've been having this problem since yesterday and I have gut feeling it's the idler tensioner pulley by the throttle body; the squeal only happens at cold start and idle before reaching operating temperatures (210 degrees). Any ideas and opinions are helpful.

Thank You

s7ven

Spray the suspect pulley with water while squealing, if it stops then you found the problem. If it has a visible wobble I would think you probably already found the issue, first check to make sure the mounting bolts aren't loose and then replace it.

You can also remove the air conditioning system belt and leave the main belt to confirm it is on the main belt system.

LTX_Alex

Alright, I'll try that first see & were it leads.

Darth_V8r

iTrader: (4)

Dude, if the tensioner is wobbling, replace the tensioner as soon as you can. I had mine break off going down the interstate 300 miles from home. it's not worth the risk of damage. I'm still amazed I didn't ruin my engine.

ramairetransam

iTrader: (18)

what was the fix for this , if your pulley or tensioner was moving at idle imagine how bad it is when driving .

LTX_Alex

I found my problem, it's the A/C tensioner pully. It does not squeak at all from the top of the. It's mainly at the bottom.