Hi all.

Took my car in for a service on Tuesday. Everything went well, no major issues, both (almost) dud belts replaced. Drove home (all of about 10 minutes) and parked. Went driving the next day and as soon as the engine kicked over, it started screaming horribly. But it worked perfectly, so I ignored it. Little while later, the engine had warmed up, and no squeal. Today, same thing.

So I told Dad and we went to investigate. Both belts are new, so is the engine oil. The engine oil is at the proper level, and looks like honey. Can't think of anything else that's noteworthy.

Help Please :pray:

could be the belt is slightly loss and needs to be tightened? think that wat was wrong with dads when he had the exact same prob....

soemthing needed to be tightened

Just retension the belts :-)

Cheers,
Mattt.

:stoopid:

Or if there tensioned enough and still squeal, just lubricate them a little.

yeah i have this problem too. when its cold it sounds like a kettle boiling but after its warmed up its quiet as a mouse with no mouth.

:stoopid:

Or if there tensioned enough and still squeal, just lubricate them a little.

You are joking, aren't you?

No he's not, you can get a lube for belts - dry lube i think its called, comes in a stick, sort of like wax, good for quieting belts. But more for small squeeks, this sounds like the belt needs retensioning as others have mentioned

It's called belt GRIP (made by CRC). Not lubrication, if that's what he is thinking of.

If you lubricate a belt, it will slip more

It's called belt GRIP (made by CRC). Not lubrication, if that's what he is thinking of.

If you lubricate a belt, it will slip more

I think he was more talking about the spools, rather than the actual belt. But I think it may actually be a case of 'new-ness' syndrome. When something is new, it never works properly. It's decidedly better today AFAIK. It may not be though. :confused:

But I think it may actually be a case of 'new-ness' syndrome. When something is new, it never works properly. :

BAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA

:slap: Don't be ridiculous.

It's called belt GRIP (made by CRC). Not lubrication, if that's what he is thinking of.

If you lubricate a belt, it will slip more

belt grip is crap and makes things worse

i think your problem is new belts should be retightened after they are warmed up

if you want to lube them buy a can of dryglide as its the only thing that works

But I think it may actually be a case of 'new-ness' syndrome. When something is new, it never works properly.:confused:

So that what wrong with my car:bowrofl:

Yeh i was talking about dry lube. VRwagon is correct.

Lubricating squeaky belts is perfectly accepable, BUT only if the belt is in serviceable condition, is not contaminated and is correctly tensioned to specified deflection.

Also, if the belts are new they may need re-tensioning as they stretch/wear in.

Belts when iunstalled were not tightened properly.

After approximately 5 minutes a drive belt is considerd to have bedded in.
Most workshop manuals clearly state that a belt has to be pretensioned sufficiently so that the bedded in tension is sufficient.

TAKE your car back to your mechanic, SLAP him about the head with a piece of 4"x2" and get him to reset the belts to the "in use" tension.

If done properly the start up sqealing will be gone.

N.B. the load on the alternator belt is usually highest just after a cold start as the alternator then works hardest, and puts the highest load on it's drive belt.

IGNORE the advice about lubricants. The problem is just sloppy workmanship by your mechanic.

Gerry

We've had multiple instances of belt squeal, even when tensioned to specified deflection. Sometimes the only way to keep a customer happy is lubricant...

Edit: wait.. that came out wrong.. :P lol

lol

sometimes if the mechanic has had grease on his hands while fitting the belt is enough to cause a squeel.

as said before. load up the altinator turn on the lights and demister. start the motor if it still squeels it needs either tighting or drylub.

2 of the worst things to do is use belt grip< this crap is only good if the belt is old and stiff.
the 2nd thing is car yards when they spray glossy crap all over the motor silcone spray.

My old lancer used to winge all the time because i had a massive blue top deep cycle marine battery to power the sterio. Used to put heaps of load on the altinator and make the belt squeal. so i had to make sure that i was not using too much power till the car was warmed up. and after i had been using the sterio for a while with the car off i had to let it idle for bout 10 mins.

in the end my mechanic got a different belt and changed a few things over and ran quiet as a mouse. not sure what he did, think he got a ribbed belt and pulleys with a textured surface or something