when i start my car in the mornings or whenever its cold i get a reallllly loud and annoying squeal that sounds like a bad belt but its not i have two brand new belts on it and that never fixed it so is there anywhere i should check or has anyone had/fixed this problem?

 

Take one belt off, start it up; if the squeal goes away, that was the belt and/or component that was causing it. If the squeal is still there, take the next belt off, start it up, etc.

 

thanks i suspect the power steering pump but we`ll see

 

New belts, but are they tight? If they are too loose, they'll squeal, even brand new.

If the squealing stops after everything warms up, I bet heat expansion is tightening them, and making the rubber of the offending belt, have tighter grip.

 

come to think of it that may be the problem because when my belts are off the alt. is a beeatch to turn by hand, ill check later and the belts are as tight as i could get them when they were new maybe theyll tighten more now that theyve been in use for a few days thanks for the help guys

 

If you can't turn the alternator pulley without a lot of effort, replace the alternator before it causes problems. I've not had much luck with rebuilt units so I just replaced a rebuilt unit with a sticky pulley with a new duralast gold one from Autozone. Gonna try and see if a new unit works out better than a 3rd rebuilt one.

All your pulleys should move relatively freely. Well, except the crankshaft pulley. If that moved freely you'd have a dead car on your hands...

The alternator pulley I just replaced was showing signs of dying other than the pulley being sticky/having a light scraping sound when turning it by hand. It was outputing a lil bit under specs unlike when it was "new". The new unit now keeps the gauge where it should be.

Also, if you have a smog/air pump, those pulleys tend to go too. My last one was making a godawful racket, but still worked. Once I replaced it... again... The engine bay was worlds quieter. I've found the noisest and least reliable pulleys/units on my car to be the alternator and the smog pump. On two different 1991 TAs I've replaced the alternator 5-6 times. The 1st time under the original factory warranty with maybe 25,000 miles on the car. The rebuilt smog pumps are a crap shoot. Original lasted 15 years, and I'm on my 3rd rebuilt unit in 3 years now. Easy to replace at least.

 

you can rebuild an alternator yourself for about 30 dollars.

 

mine did the same thing, if i had the lights on and the heater going there'd be too much draw on the alternator and the resistance would make the belt squeal until it was warm. now i just don't drive it when it's cold out :/
wasn't an option at the time tho.