Power steering belt change
Ok so final update, no squeak at all now everything is fine and tension is tight. thank you salim and fortitude for your guy's help and patience thanks for bearing with me. 


also quick quesiton, what does it mean if theres a gasoline like smell coming from your air vents? it was very prevalent when i had the belts tension bad but now when i drove it the smell was there but very faint. i did replace the cabin air filter as well



also quick quesiton, what does it mean if theres a gasoline like smell coming from your air vents? it was very prevalent when i had the belts tension bad but now when i drove it the smell was there but very faint. i did replace the cabin air filter as well
For smell entering the cabin, one has to look at source and entry points.
Gasoline fumes are present in exhaust and vacuum lines. Your air into cabin is picked up right above the filter and any other opening [broken seal doors, trunk/hatch] or flooring. Exhaust can have a leak in the pipe which run below flooring. Break in vacuum line could leak out vapors, but that will light up your Check engine light.
Replacing cabin filter will increase the fresh air flow and reduce % of vapors in cabin.
Most important of all is CO which is odorless. Although gasoline is not pleasant, but CO is silent killer.
Last item is oil leak which on hot surface will produce gas like fumes. Fix leak and clean all surfaces.
Salim
Gasoline fumes are present in exhaust and vacuum lines. Your air into cabin is picked up right above the filter and any other opening [broken seal doors, trunk/hatch] or flooring. Exhaust can have a leak in the pipe which run below flooring. Break in vacuum line could leak out vapors, but that will light up your Check engine light.
Replacing cabin filter will increase the fresh air flow and reduce % of vapors in cabin.
Most important of all is CO which is odorless. Although gasoline is not pleasant, but CO is silent killer.
Last item is oil leak which on hot surface will produce gas like fumes. Fix leak and clean all surfaces.
Salim
For smell entering the cabin, one has to look at source and entry points.
Gasoline fumes are present in exhaust and vacuum lines. Your air into cabin is picked up right above the filter and any other opening [broken seal doors, trunk/hatch] or flooring. Exhaust can have a leak in the pipe which run below flooring. Break in vacuum line could leak out vapors, but that will light up your Check engine light.
Replacing cabin filter will increase the fresh air flow and reduce % of vapors in cabin.
Most important of all is CO which is odorless. Although gasoline is not pleasant, but CO is silent killer.
Last item is oil leak which on hot surface will produce gas like fumes. Fix leak and clean all surfaces.
Salim
Gasoline fumes are present in exhaust and vacuum lines. Your air into cabin is picked up right above the filter and any other opening [broken seal doors, trunk/hatch] or flooring. Exhaust can have a leak in the pipe which run below flooring. Break in vacuum line could leak out vapors, but that will light up your Check engine light.
Replacing cabin filter will increase the fresh air flow and reduce % of vapors in cabin.
Most important of all is CO which is odorless. Although gasoline is not pleasant, but CO is silent killer.
Last item is oil leak which on hot surface will produce gas like fumes. Fix leak and clean all surfaces.
Salim
Salim
PS: try to burn off any residue on heat exchanger, buy driving enough to get to 1/2 on temp and turn on Heat at max temp for about 20 mins or so.
If you want fast heating, Auto should direct air to lower vents [unless servos have given up] and for fast cooling the air is directed at face or high vents. If servos or auto is not working, change the Mode to direct air as I suggested. Reason behind Auto in determining the air flow is that Cool air sinks down and hot air rises up. [Exception is Defrost where hot air directed to cold glass surfaces and AC is turned ON to suck out moisture].
Salim
PS: try to burn off any residue on heat exchanger, buy driving enough to get to 1/2 on temp and turn on Heat at max temp for about 20 mins or so.
Salim
PS: try to burn off any residue on heat exchanger, buy driving enough to get to 1/2 on temp and turn on Heat at max temp for about 20 mins or so.
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