Loud belts on a 2002 tacoma prerunner 2.7L

Hello tw.
I bought my tacoma about 2months ago and now in the mornings the belts are really loud,and when I turn that belt gets loud.

Could it just be the cold weather causing them to be loud ,after driving for 5-10 minstrel they aren't as loud. It just hit 275k 2 days ago.

 

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Thank you I'm gonna check it out

 

I would replace all the drive belt, not that hard to do and cheap too.

I consider it PM

 

Nothing wrong with replacing all the belts, as an exercise in deductive reasoning it wouldn't hurt to figure out where the squeak is coming from first just to make sure there's not a bearing / pulley that could be replaced at the same time. Or be able to more easily diagnose it in the future on a vehicle you don't want to replace all the belts on.

 

Happened to my 01 2.7 L last year. After all of thinking (bearings, pulley, winter cold, etc), I decided to swap out all belts and see what happens. It cured the noise. Everything else was fine.

 

It's amazing what proper belt tension does to quiet noisy belts.

 

I had same issue as PRO and now have no more squeek... Just be aware the fan can be a pita to remove 4 nuts 8mm or 10 mm and very tight to remove.

 

I’m going to check them and see if they need to be replaced