Chevy cobalt 06 squealing

Asked by raymond Apr 14, 2024 at 08:35 AM about the 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt LT Coupe FWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Changed water pump and serpentine belt and now
there's a loud squell in idle and gets louder when
rpm goes up

4 Answers
307,375

Gene answered about a month ago

Belt has either stretched or the tensioner is going bad.

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307,375

Gene answered 4 weeks ago

Of course that’s assuming that the job and parts were done correctly.

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202,735

Ed92626 answered 4 weeks ago

Belts squeal when they're loose and slips over the pulleys and tensioner. Belt could be misaligned, or it might be the wrong belt.

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