garciapiano
Veteran Member
Hi guys,
I’m getting a chirping noise that slowly began to arise from the belts that only occurs on cold morning startups and goes away once the car has warmed up. There is an audible chirp every time the crankshaft turns around. The serpentine belt was changed at the same time as the timing belt and has roughly 40k on it and the tensioner pulley was replaced at the same time, along with the one-way pulley on the alternator and the harmonic balancer.
I just changed the power steering belt to see if it was that and it was not, although the belt was starting to look a little sad. Which leads me to believe it is the serpentine belt. The tensioner and idler pulley arm appears to rotate as normal and is not bouncing around as if the tensioner was bad. Is there anything I should look for before I tear into the system to install a new serpentine belt?
I’m getting a chirping noise that slowly began to arise from the belts that only occurs on cold morning startups and goes away once the car has warmed up. There is an audible chirp every time the crankshaft turns around. The serpentine belt was changed at the same time as the timing belt and has roughly 40k on it and the tensioner pulley was replaced at the same time, along with the one-way pulley on the alternator and the harmonic balancer.
I just changed the power steering belt to see if it was that and it was not, although the belt was starting to look a little sad. Which leads me to believe it is the serpentine belt. The tensioner and idler pulley arm appears to rotate as normal and is not bouncing around as if the tensioner was bad. Is there anything I should look for before I tear into the system to install a new serpentine belt?