My alternator blew and since the mechanic was already gonna be in there, I had him change the belts with OEM Nissan belts. Now when I start the car, it squeals like a pig if the AC is on. If I turn off the AC, it stopped and when I turned it back on, it was fine. Any idea why that might happen?

 

the belts need to be tighten some more thats all it is

 

Yep, just a loose belt.

Its not hard to do.

- take your wheel off.
- remove the plastic that hides the engine compartment.
- loosen [dont remove] the bolt on the tensioner pulley, IIRC its a 14mm, May be a 12mm.
- tighten up that weird lookin bolt on top of the tensioner pulley. [14mm]
- go back down under the car and tighten up that pulley bolt.
- Put it back together.

 

Wow, thought you were gonna tell us about a canoe trip.
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its not necissary to take off the wheel.
-just loosen the pulley bolt with a 14mm wrench
-tighten the belt adjuster(also 14mm)
-then tighten the pulley bolt

then your golden

 

yeahhh, taking the wheel off is okay when youve got a rack... thats about itt..

 

Well its def a lot easier with wheel off.

 

Just move the wheel to the right and that will do it..

 

Thanks guys, I'll take a look at it, or I'll juts bring it back to the spaz that can't tighten a belt right!

 

You don't even need to get underneath the car to tighten the belt back up.

Anyway, the video will show you how to do it:

 

^^ Thanks, that pretty much explains it. Loosen pulley, tighten tensioner, tighten pulley, done.

Great video!

 

No Prob =]

 

3 minutes, two wrenches and all with just the hood popped. Real easy fix, thanks everyone.