Squealing..

[CzEcHy]

Alright so it's possibly a few things, figured I'd get some more advice..

I changed the water pump around a month ago..

Afterwards, the belt and/or pulley or something started squealing when idling..

I got some belt conditioner, and it made it around 1,356% worse.

It now squeals HORRIBLY when warming up, and when I accelerate, it squeals then goes away, then comes back..

It always squeals when driving now to, but alot quieter than accelerating or warming up the car..



I sprayed brake cleaner on the belts to dissolve the belt conditioner, but no luck..


I took it to a repair shop and they said the belts looked great, and were all tensioned properly..

Any ideas? I do believe it's the belt from the waterpump to the alternator..

[hammer3rd]

Sounds like mabey your belt tensioner.

[lostforawhile]

you don't have ned beatty caught under the hood do you? is it more of a pig squeal? If you spray belt spray on the belt and it gets worse, it's got to have something to do with that belt.

[jasonrebellion]

i'd double check your repair shop....sounds to me like maybe you didn't get the alternator belt tight enough when you changed the water pump.....with the car off, reach down and push and pull on the belt and get a feel for how loose it is.

[CzEcHy]

Sounds like mabey your belt tensioner.

Is that the alternator adjusting thing?..

[itzdave]

Is that the alternator adjusting thing?..

nope, its for the timing belt...

[CzEcHy]

nope, its for the timing belt...

Chilton manual here I come

[stephensimmons]

Mine was doing the same thing and wouldnt stop till i put a new alt. belt on it no matter how much i tightened the old one.

[stat1K]

any one of your belts can do this, mine is the alternator belt, when it's cold out it will squeel, once it's warm it goes away. i tightened it this last weekend and it went away completely. what i do is loosen the bolt for the alternator, wedge a large wrench between the alternator and the block and pull towards me, then i tighten the bolt while doing this, works well.

[Bass Man]

If you didn't put the spacer between the alternator and the top mount, it will be crooked and squak.

[stat1K]

^ also true.

[CzEcHy]

Got it fixed, was the alt. belt..

Went ahead and got the A/C + powersteering belts done to..



Guess I'm good for a while

[pathfin9]

I just got an '88 Accord, and am having the same issue. I'm glad you got it fixed. I'm thinking its the same problem as you.

Thanks!

-John

[cartmania]

not to bring this back from the dead, but i just pulled the old alt/wp belt off, put new one on, put a good amount of tension on, and now it is crazy loud squeal...

too much tension? any on have any advice on this??

thx

[1989accordaz]

Determine the belt tension at a point halfway between pulleys by pressing on the belt with moderate thumb pressure. The belt should defect about 1/4 in. over 7-10 in. span or 1/2 in. over 13-16 in.

Let us know if it help

[JamesJimJam]

Yeah, my alternator belt does this. Haven't bothered to fix it, I like waking all my neighbors up with the horrendous squeals at 6 am. :D