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M103 belt still squealing after replacement
My 190E Sportline has always had belt squealing problems that I've tried to address to no avail. I've replaced the tensioner twice, one was Febi, one was INA, both German made, INA is OEM. I've replaced the belt four times because of wear occurring, Dayco, Gates, and MasterPro. I've replaced the idler pulley twice. I've replaced the smog pump with a rebuilt one, I've replaced the alternator with a rebuilt one, I've replaced the AC compressor with a new one, I've replaced the power steering pump with one that doesn't leak. I've replaced the pulley on the power steering pump and water pump with what looked to be fairly new ones. The fan pulley bracket bearing has no slop in it. The water pump I haven't replaced but it doesn't seem to have any issues, no slop in it at all. Does anyone have any ideas why I would still be getting belt squeal when basically everything should be in working order? My other 190E Sportline has none of these issues.
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Current: 1975 450SEL, 83 300D, 88 Yugo GVX, 90 300D OM603 swap, 91 F150 4.6 4v swap, 93 190E Sportline LE 3.0L M104 swap, 93 190E Sportline LE Megasquirt, 03 Sprinter, 06 E500 4Matic wagon. |
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Presumably you routed the drive belt correctly and adjusted the tensioner correctly. The old style tensioner with the pointer and scale can be troublesome to tension correctly. The squeal could be due to a slipping drive belt.
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Is it a rhythmic chirp or a continuous squeal more prevalent just after starting the car ( High alternator load ) When you mist water on both sides of the belt, does the noise go away? Quote:
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As for the flat pulleys that ride on the back of the belt, they get polished leading to a chirp , chirp as the belt slips / grabs as the belt walks across the pulley. A spritz of water will temporarily make this go away. The more permanent fix is to sand the surface with 80 grit. Even with this, I've had the hard smooth belt label make noise requiring some sanding to quite it down. |
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Current: 1975 450SEL, 83 300D, 88 Yugo GVX, 90 300D OM603 swap, 91 F150 4.6 4v swap, 93 190E Sportline LE 3.0L M104 swap, 93 190E Sportline LE Megasquirt, 03 Sprinter, 06 E500 4Matic wagon. |
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Can you check the number of grooves on your pullys to those on the belt . Belts go by groove number. What i mean is- not all belts have the same number of grooves on them some 6 some 8 etc .
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