"Jack Idler" > wrote in message
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>
> "Bill Putney" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Paul Singh wrote:
> > <severly clipped>
> > >
> > > Bloody hell, I can't even pin point where the whistle is coming from.
I
> > > asked my wife to help me locate the area it may be coming from. She
> seems to
> > > think it is from the left side of the engine i.e. the surpentine belt
> area.
> > > It is getting to be a challenge now.
> > >
> > > I will try your runner hose method and will report.
> > >
> > > -Paul
> >
> > The noise coming on just as it reaches operating temp, and the fans
> > being on or not affecting it - what shape is the coolant pressure cap in
> > (i.e., does it need replacing?)? Also, the fans coming on could simply
> > be changing engine operation enough to cause the noise to stop by
> > loading the alternator.
> >
> > Bill Putney
> > (To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my
> > adddress with the letter 'x')
>
> Some FEAD tensioners use a damping shoe arrangment to tame wierd belt
> dynamics at idle or with varying loads . I have an older minivan (with
most
> likely
> a worn out damper) that will get into belt squeal at the alternator at
idle,
> but the
> squeal goes away with any amount of increased throttle.....just a small
shot
> of
> spray-on belt dressing will quiet it for days at a time.
>
Be careful with that belt dressing, allot of times the belt squeals because
of alignment problems, and putting that stuff on my make the belt slide off
the tensioner, Not saying that is why yours is squealing