driving belt

  1. M

    2.5l Serpentine/accessory Belt Squeal

    Howdy! I just finished replacing the timing chain on my 2.5l and about a week after reassembly, the belt started to squeal. I noticed that it didn't matter the outside temp, but mainly happened when the car was at operating temp. It has an intermittent tea-kettle like squeal that will last about...
  2. andyj

    Ditching the A/C

    Hi all, I got some trouble with my drive belt yesterday. It seems to slip on the pulley for the A/C, maybe the bearing or the compressor itself is toast. However I never use the A/C, so I thought about getting a new drive belt for the model without A/C and just skip the A/C compressor...