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#1 (**permalink**) 31 Jan 2007, 08:27 pm

what would cause a high pitch squeal when my car is warming up when it
drops below 1,000 rpms it stops. any ideas also it has 236,000 miles
on it and still running strong

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#2 (**permalink**) 31 Jan 2007, 09:13 pm

naferurtyty <none@000.com> wrote in news:971635_
57ab86831a983c4dbc652bfd6c1e1e7c@autoboardz.com:

> what would cause a high pitch squeal when my car is warming up when it
> drops below 1,000 rpms it stops. any ideas also it has 236,000 miles
> on it and still running strong
>

Check the power steering belt tension and alternator belt tension.

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#3 (**permalink**) 31 Jan 2007, 10:45 pm

Tegger <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote in
news:Xns98C9D7A809E9Ftegger@207.14.116.130:

> naferurtyty <none@000.com> wrote in news:971635_
> 57ab86831a983c4dbc652bfd6c1e1e7c@autoboardz.com:
>
>> what would cause a high pitch squeal when my car is warming up when it
>> drops below 1,000 rpms it stops. any ideas also it has 236,000 miles
>> on it and still running strong
>>
>
>
>
> Check the power steering belt tension and alternator belt tension.
>

The belt may be glazed and needing replacement.
Perhaps better to change it and not risk it breaking at a bad time.
(when is a "good" time for a belt to break??? ) ;-)

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Jim Yanik
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#4 (**permalink**) 31 Jan 2007, 11:06 pm

naferurtyty wrote:
> what would cause a high pitch squeal when my car is warming up when it
> drops below 1,000 rpms it stops. any ideas also it has 236,000 miles
> on it and still running strong
>
loose/worn belt. replace.

#5 (**permalink**) 01 Feb 2007, 12:09 am

naferurtyty wrote:
> what would cause a high pitch squeal when my car is warming up when it
> drops below 1,000 rpms it stops. any ideas also it has 236,000 miles
> on it and still running strong
>
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If the (unknown) Honda is a first generation CR-V, it might be the idler
pulley for the AC. http://www.tegger.com/hondafaq/tsb/crv/x00-003e.pdf

I've replaced two of them.

'Curly'

#6 (**permalink**) 01 Feb 2007, 08:22 am

Jim Yanik wrote:

> (when is a "good" time for a belt to break??? ) ;-)
>

As I turn into my driveway on a warm spring day when the wife's car is
there so I can drive to the dealer for a replacement and the dealer is
open and has the correct part in stock and I have the right tools and a
good picture in the instruction manual and I'm not hung over from the
night before.
Ahh! Those were good times! bob

#7 (**permalink**) 02 Feb 2007, 12:54 pm

naferurtyty wrote:
> what would cause a high pitch squeal when my car is warming up when it
> drops below 1,000 rpms it stops. any ideas also it has 236,000 miles
> on it and still running strong
>

Accessory drive belt would be my first guess.

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