I have a 2000 Ford Ranger 3.0L V6 Engine 79,000 miles on it. Something in the serpentine belt area is squeaking. The belt is relatively new with only around 10,000 miles on it. The other two belts lasted around 35,000 a piece before needing to be changed. The squeaking noise will sometimes go away when the belt finally warms up, other times it will not. Do you think it could be the idler pulley or the belt tensioner? Thanks!
Tillie H
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you can check both the idler pulley and the belt tensioner by removing the belt...and handling the pulley's...they should not have any "play" in them..or be loose like falling apart, they should be tight so to speak but yet turn, sometimes the bearings can wear in these parts causing it to squeak until it heats up..eventually if it is one of them it will just fall apart on you and throw/eat up your belt so its best to check. If it throws...you could jump time...careful!
They have sprays for a squeaky belt but i dont like to use them...If you check the pulleys and they are ok, could just need to tighten the tensioner..it should be on a slide..try tightening that if you find nothing wrong with either pulley. To tighten the belt..loosen the bolt on the slide of the tensioner pulley..use a pry bar to get it pretty tight...hardly any play in the belt...while holding in place when you get it where you want it..tighten the bolt on the slide.
hope it helps
Anonymous
it could be the idler pulley. it has a bearing and maybe it,s what making the noise. do like i did on my car. take the belt off and spray around where the bearing is at. it helped mine.
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Anonymous
Tighten up on the belts! If the tensioner is adjustable then it must be tightened!
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