02-02-2012, 10:21 AM
So my belt has been squeaking like mad and I replaced the belt, auto tensioner and manual tensioner but no better.
Decided to try another belt and remove the air-con so I got a 1205 belt and it fits very nicely bypassing the aircon. (Didnt remove the actual air con pump)
But still squeaks like mad...more than before. So I sprayed on some WD40 onto each of the pulleys and all of a sudden the alternator pulley starts smoking.
Turn off the engine and the belt is red hot. So loosen the tensioner a bit and try again. now the belt flaps a bit but alternator still gives off smoke. Could this be due to over doing the wd40 on moving parts or does it just not like the shorter belt. It's not tighter than the last one was.
How do you know how tight the belt should be?
HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELP!
Decided to try another belt and remove the air-con so I got a 1205 belt and it fits very nicely bypassing the aircon. (Didnt remove the actual air con pump)
But still squeaks like mad...more than before. So I sprayed on some WD40 onto each of the pulleys and all of a sudden the alternator pulley starts smoking.
Turn off the engine and the belt is red hot. So loosen the tensioner a bit and try again. now the belt flaps a bit but alternator still gives off smoke. Could this be due to over doing the wd40 on moving parts or does it just not like the shorter belt. It's not tighter than the last one was.
How do you know how tight the belt should be?
HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELP!
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