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Old 04-21-14, 12:30 PM
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Whether its when I start my car, drive it all day or in between, I can hear a pretty loud squealing sound coming from the engine. Someone told me it was my serpentine belt? I'm not exactly sure. Any ideas and cost for replacement would be helpful, thanks!
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belt is around 30 bucks for the OEM one and takes about 2 minutes to replace.
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maybe it's the sound of all that pu$$y you're getting from driving a GS.
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Originally Posted by armanitran
maybe it's the sound of all that pu$$y you're getting from driving a GS.
😂😁😀😊☺😃😄😅😆😉😈😈😈 hahaha that's true all the way
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Either the belt, tensioner or simply needs to be adjusted. Even though our tensioners are spring loaded/self adjusting they get stuck sometimes. I had the same squealing and my belt looked good still. They just needed to adjust the belt and free up the tensioner a bit. Good luck

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Whether its when I start my car, drive it all day or in between, I can hear a pretty loud squealing sound coming from the engine. Someone told me it was my serpentine belt? I'm not exactly sure. Any ideas and cost for replacement would be helpful, thanks!
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Had the same issue last week turned out to be the tensioner and idler pulley. Hope this helps lmk
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For what it's worth - you can get *just* the tensioner pulley if you don't want to pay $100+ for the full tensioner. It comes with a new bearing pressed in. Simple bolt-on affair. Took me 10 minutes to change my belt and tensioner pulley - and that was with a 5 minute **** break.
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