Hey all,
I've had a squeak which seemingly appears to be the belt. I made sure it's tight and I put a little bit of grease. I forgot what I used for grease as advised by the auto part store. They said not to use belt dressing because it sucks to use a dab of grease on the pulley, but this didn't resolve anything.
The squeak usually comes on in the morning and then as the car warms up it goes away, Do you guys think it's a bad idler pulley? What's common to squeak on these cars?

 

Replace your belts.

 

While your down there, check all component pulleys for drag or bearing grinds

 

Temporary removal of squeak : Use a candle and rub it along the side of the belt.

Permanent fix: replace the drive belt.

 

get the OEM belt and the noise will go away, good luck

 

just remember that the tensioner is reverse threaded. so lefty-tighty righty-loosy lol

 

Thanks all for the tips, hopefully those pointers will get this damn squeak to go away.

And Jaison thanks for the reminder. I do remember once taking this damn tensioner off and trying to go left with it and wondered why it wasn't coming off lol

 

Actually must've been a diff car. On my 02 left is loose and right is tight for both bolts

 

 

Replaced the belt and pulley and all good now.
Thanks all

 

My question is how to check the pulleys. just turn 'em by hand and feel for grinding and drag?