Engine Bay squeak

[Muskrat]

There's a consistent squeak in my engine bay, it seem more pronounced once the car is warmed up. I sounds like a belt squeak, but I've tried replace both accessory belts and adjusting the tension multiple times, and it hasn't changed.

What else could be causing this squeak?

 

[turbowop]

Throw-out bearing? Have you determined the area it's coming from?

 

[Muskrat]

Definitely sounds like it's coming from the belt side of the engine. Belt seem to be tight enough (of course, this is done by feel. I don't have a tension gauge), so I'm a little stumped..

 

[mooserage]

My A/C compressor did that, I would try taking the AC belt off and see if its still there afterward. If you have A/C of course...
-shamus

 

[fivestardsm]

If its not your a/c doing it, then your next possibility would be the alternator, and then the powersteering. They could have dry bearings in it. If you do remove the alt belt, and the squeal is gone, then there are 2 possible causes, being either your alt or water pump. If that dosent do the trick, and you still have a squeal with no accessories spinning, then you could have a a bad bearing in one of your timing belt idlers/pulleys going bad.

 

[Muskrat]

More info:

Timing belt was just done, so hopefully it's not an idler or pulley associated with that. Water pump was done at the same time.

No A/C, so rules that out.

I'm going to try pulling the alternator and p/s belts one at a time to rule them out.