1999 Celica SX

[SpOOnY]

Hey Guys,

I'm new around the forums, I have just purchased myself a 1999 Celica SX as shown below.

The boy itself is in great condition inside is immaculate. HOWEVER:

When i purchased it everything was fine, however now I seem to be getting squealing from the fan belt.

I have had the belt replaced twice,

One the first belt I have tried the following:

powder, this worked for a few days then the noise returned.

Tried lubricating it, that made it worse.

Tried a new belt however cleaned all the pulleys before putting on the belt.

Still no luck.

Wondering if anyone else here has had this problem???

The noise seems to disappear when the car is warm, only seems to happen on cold starts..

any help would be great, I have been checking google for possible solutions cant seem to find much

Thanks in advance

SpOOnY

[Silly-Karr]

I've been told that rubbing soap on the belt stops it from squeaking..... But thats only a short fix.

[SpOOnY]

thanks dude but I'm after a permanent fix lol..

its almost embarasing driving the damn thing.. :(

[Hiro]

Hey Guys,

I'm new around the forums, I have just purchased myself a 1999 Celica SX as shown below.

The boy itself is in great condition inside is immaculate. HOWEVER:

When i purchased it everything was fine, however now I seem to be getting squealing from the fan belt.

I have had the belt replaced twice,

One the first belt I have tried the following:

powder, this worked for a few days then the noise returned.

Tried lubricating it, that made it worse.

Tried a new belt however cleaned all the pulleys before putting on the belt.

Still no luck.

Are you making sure that you're tensioning the belt correctly when you put it back on? New belt or no, it'll still squeal if it's not tight.

[striker8881]

yer im a mechanic

if its start squealing that is because the belts strecth so it becomes loose

so just tighten the belts some more

that should be permanent

[Lawz]

nothing beats WD40 :P

[SpOOnY]

my dads a mechanic to, just need some more ideas...

belt has been tightened. for both the first and second belt...

could it be the tensioner?

[the_random_hero]

my dads a mechanic to, just need some more ideas...

belt has been tightened. for both the first and second belt...

could it be the tensioner?

It could be the tensioner or pulleys that are causing the squeak.

[SpOOnY]

we are going to try a toyota brand belt and see if that makes any difference, we were using a generic brand belt made to fit the car

[persie]

hey mate

I assume you are not a member or either ozcelica or newcelica. There is a sticky in the 7th gen area about his.

I have not done this but from what i understand changing belts to a gatorback belt(Goodyear Gatorback Poly-V belt) is a permenant solution to this problem. I believe there is a supplier in australia(possibly sydney).

This occurs on pretty much all 7th gens i believe at one time or another but look into it.

Hope this helps

[SpOOnY]

thanks mate im very new to both forums, will have a look ;)

Cheers

SpOOnY

[SpOOnY]

ordered a belt from toyota to fit my car lol... would you believe it it took 5 working days(was meant to be next day) and the morons sent me the wrong one

GENIOUSES!!

Edited October 2, 2008 by SpOOnY