Annoying Squeal
01-19-2010 | 12:47 PM
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Originally Posted by VW2545i' post='1093588' date='Jan 19 2010, 03:59 PM
Thought the same, but they said the belts look like they had been done already.
01-19-2010 | 01:00 PM
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Originally Posted by travis' post='1093615' date='Jan 19 2010, 04:47 PM
Ok, this is gonna sound a little f'd up but take a bar of soap and put it on the belt as it's moving if you can, I promise you it will quiet it down. It may not last long but basically you are just lubricating the belt this way.
01-19-2010 | 01:31 PM
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I have had the same problem the last two winters. Last winter replaced the serpentine belt and it went away. This winter guess what! It was the belt again, since i'm out of warranty BMW wanted 120 bucks to look at the car to see if their part was actually defective and if they didn't determine it was the belt I still had to pay the fee. Thats why I love my indy shop, replaced with aftermarket belt! 40 bucks score! But my car wined like crazy!
01-19-2010 | 04:14 PM
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Originally Posted by VW2545i' post='1093626' date='Jan 19 2010, 05:00 PM
That I have never heard. Co workers are trying to convince me to buy belt squeal oil.
01-19-2010 | 09:14 PM
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Lubricating the belt will only cover up the symptom - the problem still remains...
Strange that you had it happen again so soon. I've had mine on for 82K and so far, so good..... Sure you just didn't get a bad or overly tensed belt????
Strange that you had it happen again so soon. I've had mine on for 82K and so far, so good..... Sure you just didn't get a bad or overly tensed belt????
01-20-2010 | 08:12 AM
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Originally Posted by subarashi' post='1093871' date='Jan 20 2010, 01:14 AM
Lubricating the belt will only cover up the symptom - the problem still remains...
Strange that you had it happen again so soon. I've had mine on for 82K and so far, so good..... Sure you just didn't get a bad or overly tensed belt????
Strange that you had it happen again so soon. I've had mine on for 82K and so far, so good..... Sure you just didn't get a bad or overly tensed belt????
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