Serpentine Belts

[Mark Gibson]

Gentlemen,

on a 2000 Dodge Caravan, 3.0 V6, with new sepentine belts idler, and tensioner pulley, The belt is squealling like crazy. I have tried Belt Dressing, and even the old bar of soap trick, but still the belts are just raising hell.....Any thoughts what else I can do to quiet these things up?

Thanks for the advice!

MG

[way2old]

Hey Mark. Check to see if all the pulleys are in line, especially the idler. They are bad about cocking and running the belt crooked.

[Mark Gibson]

Thanks for the advice, I will check that out!

MG

[re-tired]

Sorry to say this but belt dressing in my experience only makes thing worse . Its like spray on chewing gum. I would remove as much as poss and get belt clean and dry. Brake clean works for me . Next look closly at brackets for p/s pump , alt , a/c . They have a habit of losing a bolt and shifting . If all is ok lightly spray some wd-40 on belt , let us know.