when i turn my car on after its been off for a while i hear this loud screeching sound like metal against metal, or like someone scraping a blackboard with their nail

and if i start moving i hear it for a while then it stops

anyone know what this might be?

[Edited on September 4, 2007 at 11:51 PM. Reason : .]

9/4/2007 11:50:56 PM

probably a belt slipping. or a bearing in one of the accessorys.

9/4/2007 11:53:25 PM

What is a serp belt, Alex?

9/4/2007 11:53:39 PM

shit. my new truck screeches every gear through fifth gear tires smoking try lettin the clutch off slowly

9/5/2007 12:03:16 AM

great, im not an expert but i might try to replace it myself

^i've got automatic

[Edited on September 5, 2007 at 12:06 AM. Reason : .]

9/5/2007 12:06:15 AM

OH SHIT

9/5/2007 12:30:19 AM

so it wasnt the serp belt, any more ideas????

9/18/2007 9:02:52 PM

Quote :

"or a bearing in one of the accessories."

it could still be the belt also. i'm guessing you didn't check the tensioner when you changed it...

9/18/2007 9:12:44 PM

with the car running, carefully stick a bar of soap against the inside of the belt for about 10 sec. if it's the belt, the noise will go away.

9/18/2007 9:15:48 PM

or a candle

9/18/2007 9:47:07 PM

baby powder

9/18/2007 10:11:56 PM

jizz

9/18/2007 10:40:07 PM

are you guys joking? if i try to put a bar of soap on a running belt i'll probably lose my hand
maybe i'll spray some wd-40

9/19/2007 10:55:09 AM

unless you've got down syndrome or are the clumsiest fucker ever you aren't going to have a problem lightly putting one side of the bar of soap against the belt. it isn't going to rip it out of your hand or magically suck in/destroy your hand.

think about it.

9/19/2007 11:03:12 AM

Yeah I'm gonna suggest against the WD-40, unless you like your belt better on the ground...

9/19/2007 11:07:38 AM

yeah, the wd-40 will get rid of any squealing but the purpose of the belt is to drive the accessories. if you spray lubricant on a belt, it'll just slip unnoticed totally defeating the purpose of having the belt on there in the first place.

9/19/2007 11:26:27 AM

^^^^nah, all serious (except for jizz).

9/19/2007 12:22:51 PM

Quote :

"when i turn my car on after its been off for a while i hear this loud screeching sound like metal against metal, or like someone scraping a blackboard with their nail and if i start moving i hear it for a while then it stops anyone know what this might be? "

it's ur car letting u know that it's workin!

9/19/2007 12:54:39 PM

^i appreciate all the trouble you went thorugh to post that

anyways what the heck i'll try the soap, if you bastards are trying to trick me, i will avenge my hand

9/19/2007 10:26:12 PM

my fucking brakes squeek...got them fixed in like june and for about the past month or 1.5 months they fucking squeek everytime i break around the same speed...seems like i'm decelerating at about 35mph or so when the squeek...pisses me off...i'll get a more accurate reading tomorrow

9/19/2007 10:41:26 PM

oh i forgot to mention that my car is at 199314 miles, i may need to start thinking of high mileage maintainace, im not sure what though

still havent tried the soap, im waiting for a second opinion

9/21/2007 8:18:06 PM

90% say it is your serpentine belt(s)

9/21/2007 9:12:19 PM

90% of you were wrong, it was the lack of any oil in my engine that cause the noise
which yall should have figured out since it happens only after the car gets cold, which is when the oil dripps down to the bottom, anyways its not conclusive but i put oil in and so far so good

10/3/2007 8:56:42 PM

^no, none of us should have figured that out since we all maintain our shit.

10/4/2007 8:31:54 AM

you've got to be fucking kidding me

10/4/2007 9:00:10 AM

Extremely low engine oil isn't exactly a natural diagnosis, especially considering most folks check it periodically to prevent something like this from happening. (Assuming this wasn't a catastrophic leak that recently showed up, and then a newly appeared oil spot should have been a clue...)

I'm also willing to bet that it wasn't "lack of any oil" because it would have seized in very short order were that the case. "Insufficient oil" maybe.

10/4/2007 10:08:04 AM

Operator Error

10/4/2007 11:28:17 AM