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Accessory Belts
I have a 2000 Civic Si. When I start my car I hear a squealing sound
from the engine bay. Using a bit of water I have determined that my A/ C condenser belt must be loose or glazed or whatever. The noise stops for about 30 seconds when I squirt some water on the belt that was running over the condenser pulley. So with that said, here are my questions: 1) Is a loose or glazed condenser belt the proper diagnosis? 2) I noticed that the adjusting bolt and the pivot bolt seem very difficult to reach. I can't even get my hand in there to put a wrench on the adjusting bolt lock nut.. . and there is about 1/2 inch between the pivot bolt and the metal inner fender. What is the best way to make this adjustment without removing the power steering pump? 3) Is this one of those cases where if you have to tighten the old belt, that you are better off just replacing it? My car has 68K miles and is still on the original timing belt. I'll probably do the timing belt in the Spring (due to car age, not mileage), and I know they usually replace the accessory belts at the same time. But this squealing noise drives me crazy! Fortunately it does dissipate when the engine warms up. Any help you guys can offer, especially WRT #2 would be great. Thanks in advance. |
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Greg wrote:
> I have a 2000 Civic Si. When I start my car I hear a squealing sound > from the engine bay. Using a bit of water I have determined that my A/ > C condenser belt must be loose or glazed or whatever. The noise stops > for about 30 seconds when I squirt some water on the belt that was > running over the condenser pulley. So with that said, here are my > questions: > > 1) Is a loose or glazed condenser belt the proper diagnosis? no, a loose belt is the diagnosis. > > 2) I noticed that the adjusting bolt and the pivot bolt seem very > difficult to reach. I can't even get my hand in there to put a wrench > on the adjusting bolt lock nut.. . and there is about 1/2 inch between > the pivot bolt and the metal inner fender. What is the best way to > make this adjustment without removing the power steering pump? take it to someone with experience, or buy the honda service manual from helminc.com. > > 3) Is this one of those cases where if you have to tighten the old > belt, that you are better off just replacing it? My car has 68K miles > and is still on the original timing belt. I'll probably do the timing > belt in the Spring (due to car age, not mileage), and I know they > usually replace the accessory belts at the same time. But this > squealing noise drives me crazy! Fortunately it does dissipate when > the engine warms up. > > Any help you guys can offer, especially WRT #2 would be great. Thanks > in advance. > |
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Jim-
Thanks for your note. I do have the service manual, so I'm not confused on what to do. My question is about the best way to go about it. The service manual just assumes you have full and easy access to the bolts you need to work with. So since I can't even get my hand down in the area where I need to work, my thought is that I either to try a different tool (my ratchet and box wrenches can't get to where I need to work), or I need to take other things out so I can get down to where I need to work. Does this make sense? What do you think? Thanks in advance. On Oct 8, 11:58 pm, jim beam > wrote: > Greg wrote: > > I have a 2000 Civic Si. When I start my car I hear a squealing sound > > from the engine bay. Using a bit of water I have determined that my A/ > > C condenser belt must be loose or glazed or whatever. The noise stops > > for about 30 seconds when I squirt some water on the belt that was > > running over the condenser pulley. So with that said, here are my > > questions: > > > 1) Is a loose or glazed condenser belt the proper diagnosis? > > no, a loose belt is the diagnosis. > > > > > 2) I noticed that the adjusting bolt and the pivot bolt seem very > > difficult to reach. I can't even get my hand in there to put a wrench > > on the adjusting bolt lock nut.. . and there is about 1/2 inch between > > the pivot bolt and the metal inner fender. What is the best way to > > make this adjustment without removing the power steering pump? > > take it to someone with experience, or buy the honda service manual from > helminc.com. > > > > > 3) Is this one of those cases where if you have to tighten the old > > belt, that you are better off just replacing it? My car has 68K miles > > and is still on the original timing belt. I'll probably do the timing > > belt in the Spring (due to car age, not mileage), and I know they > > usually replace the accessory belts at the same time. But this > > squealing noise drives me crazy! Fortunately it does dissipate when > > the engine warms up. > > > Any help you guys can offer, especially WRT #2 would be great. Thanks > > in advance. |
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Greg wrote:
> I have a 2000 Civic Si. When I start my car I hear a squealing sound > from the engine bay. Using a bit of water I have determined that my A/ > C condenser belt must be loose or glazed or whatever. The noise stops > for about 30 seconds when I squirt some water on the belt that was > running over the condenser pulley. So with that said, here are my > questions: > > 1) Is a loose or glazed condenser belt the proper diagnosis? > > 2) I noticed that the adjusting bolt and the pivot bolt seem very > difficult to reach. I can't even get my hand in there to put a wrench > on the adjusting bolt lock nut.. . and there is about 1/2 inch between > the pivot bolt and the metal inner fender. What is the best way to > make this adjustment without removing the power steering pump? > > 3) Is this one of those cases where if you have to tighten the old > belt, that you are better off just replacing it? My car has 68K miles > and is still on the original timing belt. I'll probably do the timing > belt in the Spring (due to car age, not mileage), and I know they > usually replace the accessory belts at the same time. But this > squealing noise drives me crazy! Fortunately it does dissipate when > the engine warms up. > > Any help you guys can offer, especially WRT #2 would be great. Thanks > in advance. > -------------------------------- If it's really hard for you to adjust it, there are chemical products that make the belt 'sticky' and restore it's function. They are also messy. Honda belts have to be very tight, it seems, compared to the cars of 20 years ago. 'Curly' |
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