So out of the blue last month, I start getting SERIOUS squeel from my alternator belt, it wont go away and eventually the belt comes off and all my in car electronics die. I take it to the shop, and they say that while the alternator and the waterpump are both still turning freely, 99 times out of 100 with this problem its a bad alternator, so they convince me to buy a new one. I do, and they install it and set it all up and then when i take it home, i start to get squeeling again and eventualy it gets worse and worse, and the next day the belt comes off again, i take it back to the shop and they say well, if it wasnt the alterntator is must be the water pump, cause those are the only two things that belt drives, so they replace the water pump.
after that i have about a week or so with no squeeling and the car is actually driving better than it has in years. Then one morning a bad cold snap kicks in and it gets to about 10 degrees, and i fire the car up and get squealing immediately, and now its bad, worse sounding than it was before, but this time at least i'm not losing power and the belt is staying on. The problem is, i took it back to the garage and they say the belt is tight as all get out and even crazier than that, whenever they fire the car up they get no squealing at all, it drives fine for them.
I dont want to keep throwing money at this problem without really knowing what's wrong, so i figured someone in here might have had bizzarre belt problems similar to this in the past. if you have, please help me out, this has cost me too much money allready!
-aslan
after that i have about a week or so with no squeeling and the car is actually driving better than it has in years. Then one morning a bad cold snap kicks in and it gets to about 10 degrees, and i fire the car up and get squealing immediately, and now its bad, worse sounding than it was before, but this time at least i'm not losing power and the belt is staying on. The problem is, i took it back to the garage and they say the belt is tight as all get out and even crazier than that, whenever they fire the car up they get no squealing at all, it drives fine for them.
I dont want to keep throwing money at this problem without really knowing what's wrong, so i figured someone in here might have had bizzarre belt problems similar to this in the past. if you have, please help me out, this has cost me too much money allready!
-aslan
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