Hi
My cavalier 1993 with a C20NE engine has a squeaky noise..
It seems that it comes from the belt that drives the Generator and PAS pump..
I thought that it might be the bearings in the generator but they actually gave up and was replaced and at the same time the belt was renewed because it had cracks (Who is the idiot at Vaux that decided that the belt had to run thru the engine mount :grrr )
It cannot be because of me applying the wrong tension to the belt as there is a belt tensioner and now i begin to think it might be the tensioner itself that squeak.. It is not very bad and it is not a constant squeak but it is allways there, you know like squeak - silence - squeak - silence .. about 250ms squeak and then 250ms silence..
This is at idle, at higher revs i cannot hear it but that is just because the engine is making more moise and the squeaking drowns in engine noise..
I dont know if it is "dangerous" but at least it sounds really annoying when the car is idling ..
Any tips ?
Actually the squeak sounds like a belt'y kind of squeak...you know a badly tensioned V belt but this one is a W belt and the tensioner is making good tension so it is not because the belt is too slack..
Vectraowner
My cavalier 1993 with a C20NE engine has a squeaky noise..
It seems that it comes from the belt that drives the Generator and PAS pump..
I thought that it might be the bearings in the generator but they actually gave up and was replaced and at the same time the belt was renewed because it had cracks (Who is the idiot at Vaux that decided that the belt had to run thru the engine mount :grrr )
It cannot be because of me applying the wrong tension to the belt as there is a belt tensioner and now i begin to think it might be the tensioner itself that squeak.. It is not very bad and it is not a constant squeak but it is allways there, you know like squeak - silence - squeak - silence .. about 250ms squeak and then 250ms silence..
This is at idle, at higher revs i cannot hear it but that is just because the engine is making more moise and the squeaking drowns in engine noise..
I dont know if it is "dangerous" but at least it sounds really annoying when the car is idling ..
Any tips ?
Actually the squeak sounds like a belt'y kind of squeak...you know a badly tensioned V belt but this one is a W belt and the tensioner is making good tension so it is not because the belt is too slack..
Vectraowner