Hi All,

I just did a timing belt replacement and replaced all of the belts at the same time. The car starts up with a loud squeal and then runs pretty normally afterwards. I tried pulling off all of the belts and the noise finally went away when I pulled the alternator belt off and turned on the engine. I just ordered a replacement alternator belt. The last one was from Autozone so maybe there is something with it like size or fitment quality ? I had tensioned the old belt on a few different settings and the last time I tensioned it as tight as it would go. Anhow, I wanted to see if anyone has advice on where to go if I am still getting squeal with the new Gates belt. Should I be looking at the alternator pulley or alternator replacement? The CRV has about 200,000 miles with unknown maintenance history.

Thanks,

h.ubk

 

Noisy belt is an issue of lack of grip on the pulley/belt interface either due to bad tensioner, worn belt or pulley or contamination. What year?

 

It is for a 2000 CRV.

h.ubk

 

Is the water pump weeping onto the belt?

Did you replace the water pump with the timing belt? I have seen aftermarket pumps leak out the weep hole immediately.

 

I sure hope not. I did replace it when I did the timing belt. Is there any way to tell if it is leaking?

h.ubk

 

Crawl underneath and have a look. The corner of the water pump peeks out from the timing cover just above the alternator and has a weep hole.