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<blockquote data-quote="Nadra" data-source="post: 16011521" data-attributes="member: 96452"><p>Belt squeal is always a symptom of another problem, never the other way around. And it can generally be placed into 1 of 3 categories: worn belt, pulley misalignment or bad pulley/pulley bearing. It appears the problem was there with both the old and new belt. So by process of elimination, that is not the issue. As far as belt tension, I have the same tensioner on my car. And when all else is correct, tension has little if any at all affect on noise. I've ran anywhere from 20 lb/ft on the tensioner bolt to as high as 45 lb/ft. Makes no diff other than putting an unnecessary amount of stress on the crank snout. If you are certain you do not have a pulley alignment issue and the problem goes away once a little heat gets into the engine, I would start looking at all your idler pulleys and bearings.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nadra, post: 16011521, member: 96452"] Belt squeal is always a symptom of another problem, never the other way around. And it can generally be placed into 1 of 3 categories: worn belt, pulley misalignment or bad pulley/pulley bearing. It appears the problem was there with both the old and new belt. So by process of elimination, that is not the issue. As far as belt tension, I have the same tensioner on my car. And when all else is correct, tension has little if any at all affect on noise. I've ran anywhere from 20 lb/ft on the tensioner bolt to as high as 45 lb/ft. Makes no diff other than putting an unnecessary amount of stress on the crank snout. If you are certain you do not have a pulley alignment issue and the problem goes away once a little heat gets into the engine, I would start looking at all your idler pulleys and bearings. [/QUOTE]
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