Semmysonic Posted January 3, 2016 Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 There is a squeaking noise coming from the engine bay when first started from cold,seems to go away after a while. Could this be the bearing in the tensioner pulley or is it something else? It's an 06 gv 3.3 petrol by the way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 tomada3 Posted January 3, 2016 Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 could be loose or worn drive beltsometimes mine squeaks on start up only last couple secsthen it goes doesnt happen all timemines v6 as well gonna change my belt in couple of weeks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Semmysonic Posted January 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 Is it an easy enough job? Had a look today and it doesn't look like there's too much room to play with. Sounds more of a rattly squeak, than just a belt slipping squeak, if that makes sense, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 bignev Posted January 3, 2016 Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 (edited) Hi Semmysonic how's it going?Could be a few things, bearing as you suggest, the start of the alternator "grumble", or maybe just the ancillary belt for the steering / water pump / alternator.If it starts when you put it in gear it may possibly point toward the alternator.Mine started just like that, a bit of a rattly sqeak, at any time, then built up to a "wuh wuh" grumble when in gear or air con on - worse with both!When it gets worse it will be easier to find!!!!If it is the alternator don't panic, it's not too bad a job, my other posts on here around September describe it, "noisy engine when in gear" but the belt is a bugger on your own!And when I changed the alt, the bearing on the old one felt fine, but the new one was quiet, so that's what it was.Cheers,Nev(05 GV 3.3) Edited January 3, 2016 by bignev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Semmysonic Posted January 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 Cheers for that, all is well, as well as it can be when you own a gv :-)it does it in tick over and just speeds up as the engine revs get higher, haven't tried it with the air con on, I'll try it and see if the noise changes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Semmysonic Posted January 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 Had a closer listen yesterday, sprayed the idle pulley bearing with a little lube and hey presto running sweet as a nut today, happy days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 bignev Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 Excellent!Had to do mine too, but had done water pump, tensioner, and belts before that (water pump was leaking and had a blade broken off!!!).Got one that wasn't quite right, plastic and in theory replaced the correct part, but the Mopar bearing I got from the US wasn't that dear.I think it was part number 04792581AB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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There is a squeaking noise coming from the engine bay when first started from cold,seems to go away after a while.
Could this be the bearing in the tensioner pulley or is it something else?
It's an 06 gv 3.3 petrol by the way
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