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*noob* Time for new belt and radio screen acting up?

Jtiger360

Jtiger360

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Two part question:


Every time I turn my car off, I hear a belting squeaking as it slows down, time for a new belt or dose the belt need adjusting?

Ever since I bought the car, the radio screen has been flashing random symbols and sometimes it say I am playing a disc when I am listing to radio (see picture below). Now the screen randomly turns offs. Do I need to reset sometime or do I need a new radio? However when I turn the radio off, the time shows up perfectly,
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It sounds like a bad radio. The stock one in my 91 Chevy did things similar to that awhile back and one day it just stopped. And serpentine belt is a pretty simple easy job. Belt Tensioner is located near the alternator

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Replacement. Go to local auto parts store and tell em make and model and they'll get the correct one for u. And to replace it you'll need I think a 15mm socket a wrench. I use a breaker bar cause it makes it a little easier to do it ur self

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Are you sure it's not your fans making noise when you shut the car off? The belt stops when you shut the engine off and doesn't spin anymore.
 
i didnt even think of the dsmuts. that would make more since why it does it when he turns the car off rather than on
 


I did some trouble shooting today. When I drive at lease a mile then turn my car off I hear the sound. But if i turn my car on then off, then I do not hear the sound. However When I do that the fans do not turn on. I think it might be a fan. Fans only kick on when I drive.
 
marines542 said:
Can u record a video and put it on you tube

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That is funny I thought about making a video, of the eng running. But I can not get video of the eng making the sound, because the sound stops before I get a chance to open the hood, then If i restart the car again and turn it back off I do not hear it anymore. I only hear it when I drive at lease a mile, then turn the car off. I think it might be the fans since they do not turn on when I restart the car, only after driving. I will post a video of the eng running....


I will add it to this post, chargeing my phone right now, it has no juice for taking video....


Update: cancel on the video..think its the fans.
 
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That does sound more like a fan. If it bothers u that much u could get a replacement from local parts store or used one from a junk yard

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If the fan still works fine if say no. It also depends when the engine is cool so u don't burn your self see if the actual fan wobbles back and forth. I've seen a friend of mines wear out to the point of almost falling of and his was wobbling instead of just spinning freely. Not a common problem though

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marines542 said:
If the fan still works fine if say no. It also depends when the engine is cool so u don't burn your self see if the actual fan wobbles back and forth. I've seen a friend of mines wear out to the point of almost falling of and his was wobbling instead of just spinning freely. Not a common problem though

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Alright thanks, I try the wobble thing. Are the fans easy to remove and install? Just in case.
 
Mine squeaks a little. Not enough to bother me so I just ignore it. They are really easy to change 3 10mm bolts iirc
 


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