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Nov 29, 2002

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Help, Car is chirping

My car is chirping, I know it's the alternator, its not the belt, but the alternator itself. how do I fix this or do I need a new alternator? sorry if this is a repost, I clicked the buttom once and nothing happened.

Nov 29, 2002

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Maybe check the belt tension? I thought I read somewhere that having a belt too tight or loose can cause problems.. dunno.

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I tried having the belt loose and then the squealling started too. It turns out that one of the ballberrings in bad and the alternator needs to be replaced, which is still under warranty. Otherwise it $330 bucks for a new one.