Hopefully someone can help me fix this, but my car, which is a 00 si with a b18c swap just began making this sound thats sorta weird....when im driving, mainly at higher speeds and let go of the gas pedal/clutch and just keep driving with the car in gear, ie driving at 55, and just letting out the gas while in traffic to idle and drive maintaining speed, there is a weird Squeaking that comes from the front left, it might be my belt but am unsure since it only happens when driving.....hope that setup makes sense, thanks in advance for help...have a great one!

 

check and see how much play is in the belt.

 

sorry im pretty dumb with engines and im at work so I cant run out there, but can I access the belt pretty easily from outside the engine to check it? Thanks for the quick reply!


Modified by 00civicsimobstyle at 5:24 PM 7/14/2005

 

the belts are on the driver's side of the motor. the one with the teeth on it is the timing belt, that one shouldn't squeak. all the others may like AC or alternator, etc. just grap one side and push it as far up and down as you can. i think the rule of thumb is that less than one inch of play is fine. Mine only have about 1/2".