Celica Forums General Discussion General squeaky...noise dont know where its coming from...!

it's been almost five years since i had my celica, and the problem that i am having with now is the noise that is coming from under my hood some where... I think that it might be my alternater, the bearins inside of it, but i also think it's the belt tensioner. i could be wrong... it gets really loud when its cold outside only. on warm days, the noise is gone... what can this be... give the some advice before i spend some big money at the shop.

my dads celica had a noise like that sounded like the front right tire and was real loud , so he took it too the shop they said it was a loose belt so it cost him about 200 to fix but id take ur car to a shop to c. hope you get ir fixed man

I own a 1991 celica and I have that same problem, when its warm out there is no ratteling or noise, but when its cold it sounds radels faster and faster when my car accelerates. Is that the problem your having? if so I found out its the spedometer, i just need to get a new one, good luck if this helped you

theres a lot of threads like this one up..how do i know..i recently posted one up too!!lol a lot of people say change out the belt..i have the same problem as you man..im gettin it checked this monday to see what it really is...alot of people are saying when they took it in the toyota dealership was charging way too much and saying it wasnt covered under warranty..but we'll see!!!

Is it like a squeeky noise that goes up and down at idle?

The same thing happens to my car. Do you know what that is?? if you do please tell me how to fix it

i'm telling ya, it's ya belt man..mine is doing the same shit..louder on cold morning or rainy morning...annoying lil bitches..i want to change it, dunno how though..heard the belt only cost $20..

idler pulley is going bad or its either your surpentine belt

it's a belt, i have the same problem when its cold. it goes away when it gets hot.

Im assuming its a belt...ill be getting my 25,000 change thing done soon so they should fix it

I'm having the same problem right now, I've geen told to change the belt... But I check in the TSB and I found that the Belt tensioner can be related to this...

Should I change both of them or just the belt ???

thanks !

Start by replacing the belt, if this is something you can do yourself. I had a squealling belt (worst when moist or humid), which seems to have totally gone away after replacing it with a Goodyear Gatorback belt from AutoZone ($30). There are several recent threads that have tips on how to do this.

If it turns out to be the tensioner, then you haven't lost anything but a little time. The problem with TSB's that point out a common problem is we sometimes are hesitant to try the obvious.

TRUE!! And always replace the least expensive part first.

ok

Thanks guy's