car squealing when started

Atomic Pineapple

my car started doin that squealing thing when you start it up last night.

its an 8 year old car and it made that really screechy squealing noise for about a minute and then stopped suddenly. it didnt do it again this morning but did it for a couple of seconds there this evening.

whats the common cause's of this squealing and what should i check?

tanks for the help in advance

mildews

Could be your fan belt needs replacing

colm_mcm

yup sounds liike an aux. belt needs adjustment or replacement.

meathstevie

Starter might need looking at as well. If that one's bust a reconditioned one won't cost the earth.

colm_mcm

never heard of a starter making a squealing sound for a minute and then stopping.

meathstevie

Depends on what you define as a squeal but I had one for a while that dared to give a bit of a screechy squealbefore it packed in.

crosstownk

Most likely to be a drive belt. Starters do squeal on start up, but usually it last for a few seconds at best - unless the pinion is remaining engaged.

Atomic Pineapple

crosstownk wrote: »

Most likely to be a drive belt.

yeh i'd say thats it, expensive to get changed?

meathstevie

Not at all if it's only a belt and a maybe a tensioner.

scotia

Try switching on the lights and heated rear screen, if the squeal returns it's the alt belt.

Atomic Pineapple

scotia wrote: »

Try switching on the lights and heated rear screen, if the squeal returns it's the alt belt.

hhmmm no it doesnt return when i do either

can hear a squeal for a second or so whenever i go over a bump

alias no.9

Probably the aux belt. In the cold weather, the rubber won't contract as much as the metal causing it to loose a little bit of tension. Once the engine warms up, the squeal should go. Just needs to be tensioned up a bit more.

Mr.Boots

Sounds like you have my Ma stuck under your bonet.....give her a pack of King and few Quality Street and it will stop.
Cheap enough to fix....bout 1.50