#2isgreen

Hey guys - it's been a while - the old girl has been treating me great. I started my own company building custom furniture and now the dodge has gone from toy to work truck pulling trailer loads of reclaimed barns.

So now that I depend on her daily, I've got a pretty constant squeak from under the hood. It doesn't go away at operating temps so I dont think it's the belt slipping. My guess would be water pump or idler pully. Any other ideas? Belt is HD green from genos about a year old.

Nughuffer

I had the same squeak a month or so ago. Tensioner was weak allowing belt to slip on the water pump pulley. The belt was also moving on the tensioner pulley and had started to rub through the aluminum arm. Replaced tensioner and belt and it was gone.

bannerd

Gatorback, go!

jimbo486

Any squeak I've heard under the hood was remedied by replacing the tensioner assembly. Replace the serpentine belt with a new one for cheap insurance and keep the old one as a spare in case you need it in a pinch.

While the belt is off, spin both the water pump and A/C compressor pulleys to see how freely they spin.

patdaly

Sounds like Alt. bearings going to me, as others have said, while belt is off, spin her and see if you have roughness/squeak.

james1

Ditto.

#2isgreen

Thanks guys! I'll get a tensioner ordered up tonight and update the post in a few days.
Wish me luck

#2isgreen

Fixed. It was the tensioner.

Thanks!!

thrashingcows

Sweet, glad someone was able to point you in the right direction...And Thanks for the update!