Belt Squeak
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2008 C350 Sport 4Matic Swap
Belt Squeak
So my cars belt sometimes starts squeaking, its not the tensioner/idlers or belt sicne I changed all that but sometimes after a long drive, the belt just start to squeak intermittently.
I've been trying to hunt down the noise for a few weeks now since its only under certain temperatures and time the car has been running. I can see the cranck pulley/harmonic balancer shake a little, i mean I've seen other cars that had the balancer virbrate way worse with no issues nothing else seems to be out since the alternator and water have also been replaced previously.
I've been trying to hunt down the noise for a few weeks now since its only under certain temperatures and time the car has been running. I can see the cranck pulley/harmonic balancer shake a little, i mean I've seen other cars that had the balancer virbrate way worse with no issues nothing else seems to be out since the alternator and water have also been replaced previously.
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2008 C300
How old is the belt and what brand ? The newer belts do not show signs of cracks but can still be worn .... so if you didn’t replace that I would replace with new conti tech or oem belt - if you replaced all tensioners and pulleys did you get them all aligned properly ? Look at edge of belt for wear issues with that.
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Joined: Nov 2016
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2008 C350 Sport 4Matic Swap
How old is the belt and what brand ? The newer belts do not show signs of cracks but can still be worn .... so if you didn’t replace that I would replace with new conti tech or oem belt - if you replaced all tensioners and pulleys did you get them all aligned properly ? Look at edge of belt for wear issues with that.
Il order a new belt tomorrow and see, maybe it's just a faulty belt.
