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Old Dec 12, 2004 | 01:09 AM
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Default Sweaking Pulleys

I know this board wasnt made for assistance in problems but it seems every time i want to do something to the car something has to come up, this time its something little but the pulleys thathold the serpentine belt sweak when it rains which i figure is ok, but its been dry here for a few days and they havent sweaked, until today, is there something i can do about this, will i need a new tensioner or idler pulley? thanks
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Old Dec 12, 2004 | 02:22 AM
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Sounds like the beltsslipping, have you checked the tensioner?
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Old Dec 25, 2004 | 10:25 PM
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Default Stupid Squeeking Pulley, HELP

Well I have another maintenance, non performance thing i have to do to my car, its not like there have been plenty, it just seems like everytime i start to save for something, something has to be replaced I guess i should be lucky im still goin strong, kinda, with 120k on the clock, anyway the pulley on the top right of my engine (driverside head) is squeeking like crazy, i was out of town for a week and when i got back it started, its fine at start up but after about 5 mins it squeeks bad, it sounds like a beater, how do i fix this, do i need to replace it? if so should i replace the others? i've heard of belt slippage problems with the A4's so do i need to get a ASP tensioner pulley while im at it? Any help would be greatly appreciated. TIA
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Old Dec 26, 2004 | 08:56 AM
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Top pulley would be the power steering pulley, is this it or the pulley directly under the power steering pulley that has the squeeking noise?
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Old Dec 26, 2004 | 12:50 PM
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i think it is that top one, if it isnt it is the one below it
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Old Dec 26, 2004 | 01:57 PM
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I had the same problem on mine [ 98 TA A4 Black.. same as urs ] and it was my accessory belt!.. Got a DAACO and things were nice and quiet again

Did you change the belt ?

Try this test, when it starts squeaking, spray some WD-40 on it.. if it stops squealing for a while and comes right back later, it's def. your belt!
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