Thread: chirping

Originally Posted by TorqueAutoMotiv

yea i have a nasty squeel in my ac compressor but im to lazy to fix it and its only when it gets wet hope i make it through the summer

my belt is squealing too.

My chirping/squealing turned out to be the tensioner pulley that decided to sieze up, and then the belt burnt a hole in my power steering pump resivor. It was rusted so bad that the bearing reatainer thingy was deteriorated. But this happened a couple months after that noise went away. Ended up being a nice 2 mile walk, because I forgot my cell phone..... and am a moron because I forgot about OnStar thats on the vehicle ....... live and learn I guess.

Just take an old piece of 1" hosing or something and use a sort of "stethescope" and listen to each pulley while its running. Just be careful of the belt....