Squeals coming from ???
#1
Squeals coming from ???
Hey guys, I hope someone can help me. I just picked up a 1998 SE maxima and when I start the car up I start to hear a squealing noise. When I rev the engine the squeal gets louder and the goes away once the RPMS fall. Most of the time it goes away on it's own. My last maxima sometimes did this also, and the alterantor and belts had been replaced. Ithiught it maybe just needed to be lubricated but now I'm starting to worry. Any ideas?
#2
Dont lubricate the belt it will squeal all the time! I bet your belts are just a little loose, tighten them down a bit and i bet the noise goes away. If you already lubricated the belt i think you are going to need a new one
#6
How hard do you guys think it'll be to change the power steerig belt...also what kinda belt to use...I've heard Nissan belts are the ones to go with and will stop the squealing. I work at Pepboys so if a regular belt will work fine then, I'll just get one from there.
#10
My son's 96 has been squealing on start-up since we got it, over a year ago. It stops after about 20 seconds, so I haven't messed with it. Sort of lets me know if he is late for school or not...
#11
#16
Check the belt tension, tensioner pulley, then check the crank pulley, it has a rubber section between the hub and outer ring. I'm pretty sure that's my problem. I've used Bando belts with no problems, also Gates.
#17
about 80% of the time when a belt is squealing it is being there is not enough tension on it for the load. This is why belts almost always squeal on startup when turning the wheel to lock or just after turning on the a/c. It's similar to not having enough traction and your wheels spinning, eventually the belt catches up to the pulley speed but until it does it squeals. Increasing the tension on the belts (to the correct tension) takes care of this problem in most cases.
as for the other 20% of cases, 17% of you need new belts and the remaining 3% can listen to bamfy98 and check your bearings and compressor clutch
#18
Squelling belts
I had the same problem with mine. I started doing process of elimination and deleted the a/c compressor to see if that was it. The problem was still there until my buddy told me to tighten my belt. I did and have not had the problem since.
Definitly tighten your belts first!!!
Tighten it until there is no play but stop there.
Definitly tighten your belts first!!!
Tighten it until there is no play but stop there.
#20
Dont lube the belt, it may seem like its good, but its actually bad, it gets it all soft, and most people dont want that, because once it gets soft, it slips, and squealing. I was told that by many, many alternator techs. and old timer mechanics. I actuallly lost a belt (broke, just tore apart one day) by using the belt conditioner, you want it to stick, but the conditioner just makes it soft and more prone to slipping and aquealing.
Just keep checking the belts to see if there tight, but not too tight, and check to see if they have any kind of tears, rips, bumps, and crackes in them, if they do, that might be your problem (if theres major cracks, that most likely will be your problem).
Just keep checking the belts to see if there tight, but not too tight, and check to see if they have any kind of tears, rips, bumps, and crackes in them, if they do, that might be your problem (if theres major cracks, that most likely will be your problem).
#21
Well, I did just replace them about 4-5 months ago. Took the SE back a few times for the techs to look at it again and re-adjust if needed. Each time they said it was fine and still squealed. I looked at the brand of belt and it was some off brand that I didn't recognize. In retrospect, I should have insisted on a more recognizable trust worthy brand like Goodyear or OEM. But I was pretty strapped for cash at the time. For now, I’ll just use these, and swap them out at a later date (within a year). I will be replacing the Alt. soon when I install a lightning audio capacitor for the stereo system.
#23
#24
Also look at the hsrmonic balancer (the main pully. Sometimes it seperated from its inner portion. Then the belt can rub things which it shouldn't.
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