squeaking noise at start-up

[sponger]

I have an '06 CE and after it's been sitting for awhile, it will make a squeaking noise for a minute or two right after start-up. It sort of sounds like a loose belt or something. I dunno. It has 18K on it, and I think the noise started at around 17K. Any thoughts? Thanks.

[ghost_ryder35]

belt

[sponger]

Thanks. I guess I'll take it to the dealership at have them tighten the belt.

[daniel2002p]

its ur serpentine belt... knows problem with the 9th geners I replaced mine with a gatorback and i love that belt!!!!

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[adsaba1969]

Like daniel said it's probably the serp. belt. But if it only happens on cold starts, I'd leave your car at the dealer overnight so they can observe the problem because it may be the tensioner. Either way they'll be able to duplicate it.

[retiredat44]

spray some belt conditioner on the belt(s). and see if the sqeak changes... or if you don't have any handy, take a bar of soap, wet it a little and smear some on the belt(s). Do this with engine off!

[sponger]

So, I ended up buying some belt conditioner and spraying it on the parts of the belt that were exposed at that particular moment when my engine was off. For some reason, this made the squeak even louder.

So later that day I hit the belt again thinking that I would get the parts of the belt that weren't exposed last time.

The next day the squeak was still there at start up, but it wasn't there the day after. Since then, I have not heard the squeak. Thank you all for the input.

[rice]

weeeeeeee......another happy customer!