squeaking in the engine bay area
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Joined: Oct 2006
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From: midwest
squeaking in the engine bay area hi, so when i first start my car theres a squeaking sound going on. once the car gets up to normal temp its gone. this started around june '07 in 70 degree weather. but goes away once i hit normal temp. its always happening and sounds ghetto. is showed to one of the guys at the dealership and he said my serpentine belt looks great. so he's guessing that it may be a bearing, pulley etc. what do you guys think? thank you. have a great weekend.
yeah i'm new with all this... thanks. can you tell me where perhaps? thanks 
Launching!
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 207
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From: Augusta, GA
Ive always found a real easy way of telling which pulling is making a "noise" is by taking a really long screw driver (a 2'-3'one), put the tip on the area the pulley is attached to. Be careful not to put it on or close to where the belt/pulley can hit the screw screwdriver and ****** it outta your hand. Put your ear to the butt of the screw driver. You'll be able to tell if there is "normal" spin of the pulley or a "squeek/grind" in the pulley compared to other pulleys that arent making any noise. Try for yourself, fairly simple to do.
Also that grease tip works pretty good as well. saves on $$. Ive done replaced 1 pulley so far and did the grease trick. Only down fall I see to this is the rubber gasket getting damaged over time from popping it in and out with a screwdriver.
Also that grease tip works pretty good as well. saves on $$. Ive done replaced 1 pulley so far and did the grease trick. Only down fall I see to this is the rubber gasket getting damaged over time from popping it in and out with a screwdriver.
