My Max started making a squeak-squeak-squeak sound, related to engine speed. It seemed to be coming from the timing chain area so I expected the worst.
After a week it suddenly turned into a really loud 'choff-choff-choff' noise a bit like a blown exhaust manifold, together with a metal-to-metal rubbing sound.
This really freaked me out. I put the car up on the hydraulic jack and took a look underneath but all I could see was that the steering pump belt was missing a few bits here and there.

So I took the car to my favourite mech just up the road, expecting to hear some horror story the following day.
Next afternoon I called him and he told me he'd replaced both the steering pump belt and the main serpentine belt, and the car was fine! I took a look at the old belts and they didn't even seem that bad. I'm really surprised to find that old belts can cause that sort of noise.

 

 

how much did it cost you?

 

yep... belts do cause noise.

 

well, i just did both of mine for 96.00 tax included!!! oem belts too.

 

I am in the midst of having mine done. I need a tensioner though. my belt was so trashed that it flew off the car on thursday morning after 2 days of screeching.

 

Well they are belts and they make lots of noise. lesson learned i guess

dang man and to think if you would have just gone to the store and payed the $30 for the belts and done it your self. you would have saved 60 bucks. oh well i guess some people just dont like to get dirty sometimes.

 

I paid 800 pesos, that's roughly 80 dollars including labour.
At the same time they found the CV boot had split, so they cleaned out the joint, repacked it and put a new boot on. That was an extra 50 bucks.

 

Nissan is the shiz, oem belts are less $$ than aftermarket Same goes for fuel filters and maybe some other stuff.

 

well i used gator belts on the max and right now on my sentra and they are the smoothest things in the world. i love em.

 

those belts are hard to get to number 1, and number 2 i wouldnt have the slightest idea where to start with that. i worked on my first 3 or 4 cars and they were american cars, much easier to work with. and number 3, i have no tools for this car, they were stolen years ago and i don't like wasting my time when i have a reliable tech to do the work. yes, it would be nice to do it myself, but alas, im not a mechanic, just a humble buisness owner. and, saving money is nice, but when you f it up, there's no warranty on anything, nuff said......