Hey all, need a little expertise here. Just had the timing belt changed on the mini-mits (92 DOHC) about a month ago. The belt is starting to whine a bit. Did the belt stretch out a bit or so? Do I need to get it tweaked back tight again? When I had the belt changed on my VR4 it seems like they wanted it back in after the first oil change to check it and maybe re-tighten it but that was four years ago and I'm a little hazey on remembering the details on that. About to drive it to the gathering and would hate to mess up my new timing belt and refurb heads I just put on.

Thanks,

Bret

Your timing belt better not be slipping.

It's probably one of the accessory belts. I can tighten it for you if you bring a basic socket/wrench set and a case of Spotted Cow. Hopefully it's not stretched/worn out too much.

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Spotted cow! Geez, going to have a rough time fitting that into my car, but OK, hope moo doesn't mind the back seat. You guys live in Wisconsin, don't you have your own cows? Or those aren't enough and you want to start importing them from Michigan. If I do bring a spotted cow specifically will Gateway sue me for trademark infringement? How about a nice brown or palomino cow?

Ahh, silly me, you were referring to the Fun, fruity and satisfying Ale from New Glarus Brewing Co. I think I can handle that, but you have to share with me. They sell cases in the dells?

Bret

Greg already answered this, but I just have to speak...

If someone wanted to "check" your belt, I'd believe that they did it wrong. An accessory belt will whine if too tight or too loose, a timing belt should never whine...

We'll, interesting. Having just had the timing belt changed and now the "whining" it was either not done correctly or it's a total coincidence that one of the other belts are loose. Sorry, I'm certainly no mechanic, are you saying that the timing belt would not make that sound or it still would if it was not done correctly? Either way, I should probably have it checked before the eight hour drive to UMG.

Thanks!

Bret

The two accessory belts need to come off in order to replace the timing belt.

Alright, so possibly one of the accessory belts did not get put back on correctly but should be safe to make the trip to WI. Probably nothing to get excited about then it sounds like.

if it slips too much it will ruin the belt, though. then all the tightening in the world will not help.

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I have had my timing belt on and off several times in the process of trying to fix what should have been a bad head gasket. My problem has not gone away, no 2 cylinder still burning anit-freeze.
But, what I can tell you about the belt is, remove the front cover portion of the belt, should be only two small screws to do this, and inspect the belt for unnecessary wear. If it looks ok, then run the car a few miniutes. Shut the car off and check carefully to make sure the belt is not hot. Also check to make sure the belt has not deteriorated in any way.
In my experience, during one of the times I mounted or removed the belt, we accidently bent the flange on the idler pulley trying to clear the belt off the pulley. This created an interferance were the pulley was rubbing against the flange and not turing free. When the car was started there was a whistling sound for a couple minutes until the pulley wore a mark in the flange. There were belt fibers everywhere. My belt was really hot and started to melt in only a few minutes of operation. Hope this info helps.

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