Squeaky belt!!!

[AJKZ71]

Ok so my belt is only a few months old I replaced it when I did the water pump. I washed under my hood the other day and might have gotten the belt a little wet. Ever since then it's been sounding like there's a nest of birds under my hood. What would be the best solution to this problem?

 

[Fobroader]

You are just going to have to wait it out or a idler pulley, belt tensioner, water pump, alternator or pwer steering pump is on its way out.

 

[AJKZ71]

Well I replaced the belt tensioner when i did the water pump because the old one broke when i took it off

 

[Swaggerwagon]

lemme guess, you bought the cheap belt....the cheapy in house brand belts squeak, go get the premium belt..

 

[Just2Sweet]

Get a Goodyear Gatorback. Don't mess around with any of that Gates garbage they sell at Napa/Advance/etc

 

[Fobroader]

Get a Goodyear Gatorback. Don't mess around with any of that Gates garbage they sell at Napa/Advance/etc

X3 ^^What they said.....never thought of that because Ive never bought anything but the goodyear belts.

 

[AJKZ71]

thanks fellas. it actually went away. now it only does it on cold start ups for about 2 minutes then silence!!

 

[Tempted]

I always hold a bar of soap to both sides of the belt while the engine is running.

 

[///RAGMC]

A little WD40 works well to for this

 

[flyboy1294]

I always hold a bar of soap to both sides of the belt while the engine is running.

I did that and it caused my belt to bawl and slip like mad. I ended up having to remove it and clean it to get the soap out. It may have been an error on my part, but it was terrible lol.

I had a similar problem to the OP awhile back. Same thing happened, washed under the hood and started heading a squeak. It was my idler pulley squeaking. I removed it, took out the bearing seals and repacked it with grease, and haven't heard a peep from it since.

You can make sure it is the idler pulley by spraying some silicon or WD40 onto the inside of it while the truck is running. If it goes away then you know it is that. Just imo.