So when i start the car when it's cold i get this loud "screetch" or "squeek". it's continious and get's a bit louder when i give it gas. It goes away after a bit of driving. Sometimes after i start it and then drive it goes on and then off. but after it's warm it stops.

P.S. 1990 Honda accord


Modified by Delano5050 at 9:54 PM 12/31/2006

 

Adjust your p/s and alt belts.

 

Thank You.....I'll have to try.

Any other suggestions before I Do.

 

If they don't need adjusting try some belt dressing. http://www.valvoline.com/pages...ct=32

 

on my accord, i put a new head gasket and drove it for about a week and it stared leacking oil into the spark plug whe it connects to the wire i thought it was the cover seal and change it but did not help it my car smoke like hell the smoke is white thick my unkle says it can be the rings but what about if i didnt put the head gasket right, well what do you guys think

 

Did you just try to Jack my Thread SON!!!!!!!!!!!!
J/P
no suggestions sorry, any suggestions for my "screetching"

 

I had the original belts on my 92 Accord for probably 10 years, then I finally decided to change them. So I bought some belts from NAPA, and I could never get them tight enough to stop them from Squeeking when it was cold (until the engine warmed up) exactly the way you describe yours. My suggestion is to buy Honda drive belts. That's what I will do next time.

 

So You've Had that loud SCREETCH that wakes everybody up in the morning too????

 

I don't think it woke too many people up. The houses are not that close together, or close to the road in Thibodaux LA. (small country town).

 

My car was doing that. The bolt tensioner that tightens your Alternator belt down was coming loose. It was almost like it was stripped, and then all together the bolt came out. Luckily my friend had stripped a bunch of older Hondas and had a coffe can full of bolts and nuts, and I found the right one.

Ended up putting Blue Locktite I believe. Maybe it was red, but I was at school when they came and got my car.

 

FYI....That belt lube has seem to have done the trick. I just hope the SCREETCH doesnt start up again.

THank YOU

 

O.K. so now it's only when it starts cold. it lasts for about 10-15secs. WHAT IS IT?????? Before the belt dressing it would do it all the time. maybe i just need more dressing.

 

its either the belts aren't adjusted right or holding tension. or they are non-honda drive belts, or they are old belts and glazed. you pick. belt dressing is a band aid

 

If the belts don't fit in the pulley exactly like they are supposed to, it's very easy for them to slip. So you end up putting the belt too tight, and hurting the (alt. ac compressor) bearings. My advise is to get some HONDA belts.