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Old Jan 30, 2010 | 05:17 AM
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OMG this belt noise

ok so i had a very funny month on 1/4 my belt started to squeak then the next day the brand new A.I.R pump i put on seized up so i just took it off and kicked it to the curb and got a 910k6 belt then the squeaking noise came back and on 1/9 and my alternator seized up 100 dollar for a new one

now the noise is back and i have a rebuilt A'C and the stock power steering and year old water pump
the noise is loud and i replace the belt 3 times and the noise stops for like an hour then is back there belt tensioner is like 2 21/2 years old and i can't find where the noise is coming form i repress the P/S pulley re-torqued the water pump and check the A/C bearings I'm so lost and the sound is so bad like a cat is stuck in my motor lol
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Old Jan 30, 2010 | 09:15 AM
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Re: OMG this belt noise

hate to say it but, it may be in your motor. I spun bearing can sound like a squeaky belt. how's your oil pressure?
take the belt off and start the car up for a minute. if the noise is still there, its a bearing. if not, GOOD! just have to keep looking.
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Old Jan 30, 2010 | 09:43 AM
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Re: OMG this belt noise

Originally Posted by firebird1992
ok so i had a very funny month on 1/4 my belt started to squeak then the next day the brand new A.I.R pump i put on seized up so i just took it off and kicked it to the curb and got a 910k6 belt then the squeaking noise came back and on 1/9 and my alternator seized up 100 dollar for a new one

now the noise is back and i have a rebuilt A'C and the stock power steering and year old water pump
the noise is loud and i replace the belt 3 times and the noise stops for like an hour then is back there belt tensioner is like 2 21/2 years old and i can't find where the noise is coming form i repress the P/S pulley re-torqued the water pump and check the A/C bearings I'm so lost and the sound is so bad like a cat is stuck in my motor lol
Did you replace the entire tensioner, or just the pulley? If you replaced just the pulley, chances are that the spring is weak inside the tensioner and you're not getting the belt tight enough as a result. If you replaced the tensioner, did you reuse the stock pulley? Chances are that the pulley is soon to go down the same road as your alt and AIR pump if it's old. You can use a long screwdriver to hear the bearings inside the water pump and the tensioner by holding your ear to the end of the screwdriver as you hold the tip against the part.

And, also,

:edit: Another thing you could do is remove the A/C compressor from the engine and buy a shorter belt, bypassing the compressor to see if the bearings inside the pulley are bad. Your part numbers should be an 815K6 without A/C and 915K6 with A/C.
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Old Jan 30, 2010 | 02:31 PM
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Re: OMG this belt noise

Originally Posted by AM91Camaro_RS
hate to say it but, it may be in your motor. I spun bearing can sound like a squeaky belt. how's your oil pressure?
take the belt off and start the car up for a minute. if the noise is still there, its a bearing. if not, GOOD! just have to keep looking.

OMG really i take should good care of this motor it's sick-.- i will do that today then.

and i replaced the entire entire tensioner the show seem to be coming form the P/s of water pump area and the oil pressure is between 10/30 idle and 38/50 as mild driveing and like 60 if i beat the ***** off the car
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Old Jan 30, 2010 | 07:09 PM
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Re: OMG this belt noise

Well, if that's the case, sounds like your water pump MAY have a month to live. That's the same thing my engine did when the 3.1 was dropped in and the guy who installed it forgot to replace the pump. (You're supposed to replace the water pump on a junkyard engine because you can't possibly know how long the pump has sat without coolant lubricating the bearings and seals). I got the car back in August, the pump died in September...
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Old Jan 30, 2010 | 08:20 PM
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Re: OMG this belt noise

yea i just confirmed that today the water pump as a little play in it and you can see the belt move over about .010 inch as it goes over the pump the pump is only like 3 years old but i did change form coolant to dexcool the red stuff oo well as long as its not a bearing im happy lol
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