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Why is your serpentine belt squealing and smoking?

Anonymous

∙ 13y ago

Updated: 10/20/2022

Usually this means one of the pulleys is locked up. The belt winds around multiple pulleys, when one locks up it doesn't rotate and the friction is burning away the belt, giving you the smoking and squealing.

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∙ 13y ago

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