Squealing Belt

NascarXprt · Post by **NascarXprt** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 10:41 pm

recently i had my serpentine belt replaced around the end of last year, and just a month ago, my sister noticed a weird rattling noise coming from the engine and now its gotten worse. i was able to narrow the noise down to the Serpentine belt area. and just last night it started to squeal and just a few minutes ago it (the belt) started to cause the car to start overheating.so any ideas on what might be causing this issue?

BlueCrush · Post by **BlueCrush** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 11:26 pm

Belt tensioner pulley = rattlingFix: Replace pistonBelt squealingFix: Gatorback beltOverheatingFix: ??

NascarXprt · Post by **NascarXprt** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 11:36 pm

or get shop to try and repair their handy work at no cost to me or get a new mechanic shop... also forgot to add the temp needle reached up to H and squirting out radiator fluid, not sure how much was lost. tried turning the heater all the way up and on full blast but the heater went cool...

BlueCrush · Post by **BlueCrush** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 11:51 pm

Sounds like it might be a different issue then.

NascarXprt · Post by **NascarXprt** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 11:55 pm

i hope it is a simple fix. i do not want to buy anything new, unless it is a belt... i hope this issue is resolvable. i hope it is what you stated Brian, though the belt should still be newish when i had them replace the belt back in the summer/fall.

star_deceiver · Post by **star_deceiver** » Thu Apr 07, 2011 1:36 am

Take the belt off and try to turn the water pump by hand. It might be seized which would cause all of the issued you have.

NascarXprt · Post by **NascarXprt** » Thu Apr 07, 2011 5:05 am

shop may think it is the water pump.

matrixjim · Post by **matrixjim** » Thu Apr 07, 2011 5:24 am

what the mileage on trix?How is the coolant level.Was coolant changed out per the mfg spec?Sounds like a water pump going bad or a bad tensioner pulley.

NascarXprt · Post by **NascarXprt** » Thu Apr 07, 2011 2:59 pm

the vibe has 108,xxx miles on it, bought it with 95K on it and as for coolant levels, never checked. when i had my 04 vibe, never checked coolant levels for over 5 years, then again i had 3 different engines in there.. . but when the shop looked at it, they said it looks like there was no coolant in the radiator, then again a lot was lost early in the mornin.

Water boy · Post by **Water boy** » Fri Apr 08, 2011 3:59 am

Yea, I'd take the belt off and turn the various items by hand.Check the belt tensioner assembly.Once a belt has started to squeeeel a lot it is cooked.Only use a GatorBack belt.

Esteban · Post by **Esteban** » Mon Apr 18, 2011 8:00 am

There are a couple of these engines affected by this TSB. http://www.empirepao.com/tsb/T-SB-0087-09.pdf

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