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I own a 2001 Toyota Camry and I've recently noticed that when I start the car there's a squeeling sound for a few seconds. This is especially prevalent if the car hasn't been started for 12 hours or more. If the car is already warmed up it usually doesn't happen. The sound goes away after about 10-20 seconds. I had a couple belts (not timing belt) changed a few months ago and I'm not sure if this is related to the sound. Right now my car has nearly 90,000 miles on it so I know it's due for a timing belt change, which I intend to get soon. I'm just wondering if anyone knows a possible source of this noise and if I should be concerned with it. Could it be the timing belt telling me it's on it's last legs? I know next to nothing about cars so any help would be appreciated.
I own a 2001 Toyota Camry and I've recently noticed that when I start the car there's a squeeling sound for a few seconds. This is especially prevalent if the car hasn't been started for 12 hours or more. If the car is already warmed up it usually doesn't happen. The sound goes away after about 10-20 seconds. I had a couple belts (not timing belt) changed a few months ago and I'm not sure if this is related to the sound. Right now my car has nearly 90,000 miles on it so I know it's due for a timing belt change, which I intend to get soon. I'm just wondering if anyone knows a possible source of this noise and if I should be concerned with it. Could it be the timing belt telling me it's on it's last legs? I know next to nothing about cars so any help would be appreciated.
I think you can probably rule the timing belt out; it's most likely one of the belts you had replaced. Either too tight or loose, you have to tension them properly, for sure.
Generally, if the timing belt is really bad/worn it'll start jumping teeth on the cam sprockets- with potentially disastrous results. So get that thing changed!
Always be concerned when your machine is not operating properly and you don't understand why. Failure to take care of issues because "it still runs" has been the premature death of many an automobile.
This actually does sound like your drive belts for sure. (But not the timing belt.) Bring it back the people who installed them. The job might not have been done correctly. It's been known to happen. They should look at it again at no charge, and fix it if it's just a minor adjustment.
Although it could be an early warning of a failing part, it's most likely that they just didn't put enough tension on the belts when they were installed. Or else they used substandard replacement parts* and the belt(s) stretched a bit--still, that can be retightened and you should be good to go.
*Very common with Chinese-made parts--they're cheap for a reason, and it's not just the slave labor.
lol I think it's okay to still call it a fan belt.
Any money it's the belts you has replaced. The belt on my YJ was 4 months old before it started making little chirps. Then it started to sound like idler pulleys. Changed those, sound came back. Changed my fan clutch, sound came back.
Threw the old belt on (I keep it as a spare) just for ****s & giggles.....sound GONE!
Seriously, give it a try. Sometimes a new belt is just bad. Keep the old ones as a back up, in your trunk incase you break one out on the road.
Well, it's certainly belt-related, usually because something is slipping. Question is, why? Is the new belt too long? Is the tensioner crapping out? Is it just a crappy belt? We knows, but I'd say take it back to the shop and have them fix it.
Just joking around because actual belt driven fans are increasingly rare.
Would'na done it if you didn't call yourself Grandpa, ya know.
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I think it's okay to still call it a fan belt.
