Hi all,so when ever i start my car it squeal's real bad.I know its one off the pulleys but don't know witch one.


I went out there today with a can of spray and it took 30 mins with know luck,the damn sitck keeped dropping and could'ed get the can down there etc etc.All you guys with a 2.4 how did you get to the pulleys to spray them as i've been told this is a common prob with the tensioner are pulleys.


anyhelp on this please,no 01 should should like this and plus my front pads are gone now,so metal on metal when i stop and this.All i need is my clown suit and i'll be all set.LOL

Your not supposed to spray ANYTHING on a serpintine belt cause it can make them pop off. Either you need a new belt or one of you pulleys or assories is going bad.




Semper Fi SAINT. May you rest in peace.

Mine did the same thing last week. First I thought it was the alternator bearings, so I swticthed that with a new one.... no luck. So then I changed the tensioner pully which solved the problem for the most part, barley any squeaks - only when it's a cold start.

To get to the pully I had to pull out the alternator (2 bolts) and then the pully (2) bolts... the pully is only like 20-30 bucks. Once yuo get the alternator off it is easy to work with. By the way, I tried the spray - not a good idea, it doesn't work and it will make your belt slip!

Good Luck!



Cavalier Z24

My car did the same thing to. On my car its the A/C clutch thats gone out. Let your car run and look at the pulleys, if its the A/C clutch you'll see it spin freely like it should then stop, creating the squealing sound as the belt runs across it. It tore the hell outta a belt of mine so now I have to leave the A/C run all the time until I get it fixed. I took it to GM and its gonna be expensive to fix, so make sure you know for sure what your is.