Loud Squeal At Startup (cold Start)

[Owgasm]

tried the soap trick on my belts. Didn't help. Real annoying and embarrasing.

[Raysboostin]

Damn, not encouraging... such a simple problem, but so friggin annoying

agreed. but i only start my car 2-3 times a day so it doesnt annoy my to much

[RBPOWA-(TJ)]

my miss's Echo was doing this, solution ... WD-40, about 2weeks ago. havent heard a thing yet, being a toyota engine it might of fixed itself out

just my 2cents, cheers

[66yostagea]

This still plagues me. The S1 has done IT for the last 6 months and now I am starting to suspect the bearings in the jockey pulleys. I'll try the WD40 trick first.

[skidkid]

Have you been out to try the wd40 yet??

[66yostagea]

Have you been out to try the wd40 yet??

In the moaning.

[lachlanw]

we have a lot of dust relater start up squeal issues on all the work trucks and my stag didnt do it untill i did a few dohnuts on some bone dry grass and made a big cloud of dust. now it chirps on first start up each time

[sanjay]

Did anyone work out the solution to the squeak on cold start?

cheers

[TimmyJonas]

ive been plauged with this i bought my stag back in dec 2011.

any info on a solution would be greatly appreciated. a mate of mine recomended changing the free wheeling tension pulley down on the right. think it might be the ac pump belt tensioner. not sure. if anyone has a part number for any or all the front pulleys id be keen to change em all, and my belts at the same time.

my stag has done about 80 000km. recon i should do my timing belt to??

[RBPOWA-(TJ)]

I did all my belts around 90k...

its was making the sound after the belt change... after the mechanics tightened and loosened what they could.

we ended up changing the bearings also... the sound finally went away

Edited August 20, 2012 by RBPOWA-(TJ)

[mely1200]

Hey team,

Yep, my stag is doing the same, has been for about 3months, since about 76,000k. It's definitely at the front of the engine there. I did some testing this morning, narrowed it down to the right side of the engine; power steering, aircon or their belts. I am pretty sure it's power steering. I am waiting till tomorrow morning to try again to make sure.

Let you know how I go.

Mely

[gldwgn]

mine does the same, squeals for a few seconds on cold startup, other then checking belts I havn't really looked into it yet, but I think its the clutch in the fan slipping that squeals, after a few seconds of running you hear the fan kick in properly and the noise stops.

[mr manfringinsen]

DaveB

The third adjuster is underneath the little idler wheel at the bottom. Loosen the idler wheel first before you nip it up.

If you remove the plastic guard under the front of the car it is as plain as day.

My power steering made some noise before I changed the oil. It was reasonably obvious because if you turned the steering at low speed, it made the noise louder