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try cleaning it? I would use warm water and just a little dish detergent
maybe there is some dirt/mud on the pullies
motor off, flush it well with buckets of warm water and detergent and see if anything comes out
then try hitting it with the hose to flush it out
use belt dressing if you want to put something on it not a penetrant or lubricant
squeeking and squeeling is from slippage and putting a lubricant on it does not solve the problem just hides it for a while
that is if it is your belt squeeking and not a pulley or tensioner
good luck
maybe there is some dirt/mud on the pullies
motor off, flush it well with buckets of warm water and detergent and see if anything comes out
then try hitting it with the hose to flush it out
use belt dressing if you want to put something on it not a penetrant or lubricant
squeeking and squeeling is from slippage and putting a lubricant on it does not solve the problem just hides it for a while
that is if it is your belt squeeking and not a pulley or tensioner
good luck
#3
My truck is squeaking but ITS NOT THE BELT. They're supposed to be checking it out while they finish my truck this morning. It can be the tensiner.
I put a new belt on just in case -- so I now have TWO good Gatorbacks -- but it's still squeaking. Temperature is the issue with mine, not water. When it's cold, it squeals periodically when running, and everytime when starting -- but it's not the standard belts squeal. I don't know what it is.
I put a new belt on just in case -- so I now have TWO good Gatorbacks -- but it's still squeaking. Temperature is the issue with mine, not water. When it's cold, it squeals periodically when running, and everytime when starting -- but it's not the standard belts squeal. I don't know what it is.
#5
My dealers view of mods and warranty work
You probably don't go offroading -- it kills the stock belt.
Just had mine diagnosed -- it's the fan clutch. It needs to be replaced and it's under warranty BUT I have the extended warranty with the $100 deductible -- so it'll cost me $100. The part alone is more than that, much less the labor to install it.
So in my case it's not a belt.
Still, the majority of 3.0 owners I've known have had a belt wear problem pretty early on, and faster if it gets wet or dirty often. Gatorbacks are usually the fix -- but in my case it's a new problem.
Just had mine diagnosed -- it's the fan clutch. It needs to be replaced and it's under warranty BUT I have the extended warranty with the $100 deductible -- so it'll cost me $100. The part alone is more than that, much less the labor to install it.
So in my case it's not a belt.
Still, the majority of 3.0 owners I've known have had a belt wear problem pretty early on, and faster if it gets wet or dirty often. Gatorbacks are usually the fix -- but in my case it's a new problem.
#6
I had the same problem with my truck, I only had 8k miles on the truck and I took it offfroad then the belt started sqeaking, I tryed cleaning it with warm water, and I used belt dressing but none of that stopped it. So I took it in to Ford (Because it was still under warranty) and they told me that the belt tensioner was covered in sand (Duhh, I went offroad, but I didnt tell them that, I said it was probably from all the water that I had to drive through after the hurricane), but they also said that there was a recall on the tensioner because other people were have that some problem with them sqeaking. I had never heard of the recall, but if your truck is still sqeaking take it to Ford and have them look at it.
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