Squeal when it is cold outside

Why not?, what about remote start function.

 

WD-40 was created years ago and stands for water displacement, it was 40 try’s to get the formula to work, from what I know it had it’s birth with aviation, specifically military. It’s very outdated as a lube and really mainly does the trick with displacement of water, years ago people would spray it on handlebars for grips to stick, but hairspray always worked better “aqua helmet” lol. Crc belt conditioner works pretty well, but any belt can slip it’s usually not it’s fault, they should be checked by moving them back and forth at the longest section and they ideally work best with 1/2” deflection in both directions being pulled. Heck I usually trust em w/a visual but recently shit and alternator belt by revving the motor to heat the belt, whoops! Looks like I need to stick to my own advice too, because belts should last a long time.

 

It gets cold up here, hell for belts. I've always set belt tension on any Toyota with a manual tensioner scary tight and never had any issues. Should be a nice high pitch ring when you pluck your finger on it. Make sure you check all your pullys for a bad bearing or rubber buldup on the surface aswell. Don't buy a cheap belt they won't last being piano string tight.

Edit: I've never had luck with belt dressing. Seems to only last 5 min.

 

This part is concerning. But maybe it shouldn't be concerning to me?

 

I have had 5ft bars on power steering pumps of echoes to get the belt tight enough to not squeal. Scary yeah for sure, nessisary yup that to.

 

If the belts are that new then likely some of them just need to be tightened. You can usually test this by just reaching down to the belt and lifting/turning it to see how loose it is (engine off of course). They should be very firm and take some effort to lift and not feel loose or feel like they move with not much pressure.

Another way to test it is when engine is on and the belt squeaking, you use a eyedropper or spray bottle to drop a very little bit of water on each belt to see which one stops causing the noise.

Once you find which belt it is its just a matter of tightening. Had to do this myself on my truck when I got it twice on the alternator belt. For some reason it got loose once more after tightening it once, but the second tightening seems to have done the trick in keeping it all nice and tight ever since. The cold weather may change that though haha.

 

I live in Indiana, so not near as cold as Canada. But, I have used a bar about 3 feet long on many vehicle types. Again, no long term issues. If I can barely move them by hand after tightening, I am happy. I have never torched a bearing doing it this way.

My 2003 Camry (3.0L) is manual adjust and below about 25F there is a belt that squeals unless with heat/AC off and I run 2-3 minutes IN DRIVE. Doesn't squeal when sitting still with heat on while warming up. I just chalk it up to some span relationship between pulleys on one of the belts vs belt expansion/contraction in cold weather.

 

AC idler bearing?

 

When the belt is squealing turn the AC on or if it’s on, turn the AC OFF
and see if that changes the squeaking.

If it does it’s probably the AC idler pulley.

My bet that’s what it is.

There is a chance it’s the fan pulley bearing too or power steering.

Get a length of vacuum hose and chase down the sound by putting the vacuum hose in your hear
and find the noise, very simple

 

why?

 

Because I don’t know how to drive Stick, even though my other Tacoma is Manual.

 

Let me get this straight, you can drive in 1st and reverse, but nothing higher? This doesn't make much sense.

Everything after 1st is easy, you just let out the clutch. You don't even have to give it gas--put it in the right gear and lift your left foot up. You're a pretty intelligent lad, I'm surprised by this.

 

It’s a dumbed down version of “I can’t drive Manual without stalling a million times.”

 

Ohhh. You should learn, then.

 

Does the squeal happen when your parked or moving? I chased a squeal for a year in my truck. Turned out to be the most stupid thing.

 

Mine used to squeal a bit on cool and humid mornings. Im guessing the moisture had more to do with it than the temps. It cleared up before i left the neighborhood.

 

https://photos.app.goo.gl/LFy2kFrx2THFrtLX7

I recorded this this morning meaning to start a thread for it. Is this the sound its making? Mine does it for the first 5 minutes of driving on a cold morning. Not sure if its doing any damage, but is there anything i can do to stop it?