loud screech on cold takeoffs??

[VL-187]

lately on my VQ i been gettin a loud screech noise on take off (no not a burnout), only when the cars cold though.. once it warms up the noise goes away...
any ideas what it could be people??

[coolvxss]

The belt? maybe when it warms up it stops slipping

[Troyziee]

my guess would b the belt
if its tha noise im thinkin of, one u here on just about every 1990(ish) falcon?

[kniever]

my guess would b the belt
if its tha noise im thinkin of, one u here on just about every 1990(ish) falcon?

lol yeh thats very tru bout the falcons and yeh it would be a belt, on mine it was the alternator belt and when the engine warms up the rubber sticks so it stops screeching

[VL-187]

yehh belt was my 1st thought too....
thanx for the help people... hopefully ill have a set of gilmers on soon so wont be hearing it anymore...

ive also noticed the falcons that do it lol and suzuki swifts too...

[nicko]

hey mate, buy some velvet leather soap and with the car running press it against the belt. it will stop the noise. my old mans ed falcon is shocking for it but the soap stops it sr8 away

[peter65]

i had the same problem on my vp v6... i soaped it (sunlight...) and that worked for alittle while... there is a spray you can get (which was useless) but i ended up changing the belt & kept the oldy as a spare (after a while i got bored scaring little old ladies with the scream that it produced..... hehehehe)...

while you have it in bits it might be worth checking the alightment of all the pulleys... twasnt long after that that the water pump went on the fritz. might have been connected, might not...cheers

[VPCalais38]

Might be a dodgy idler pulley too.

Soap works for a while.
Stop Squeal (the spray stuff) I havent tried.

[iRiot]

yer idler pulley i would say too

[tanka5.7]

get rid of the v belt bloke

[savage1987]

Can someone get rid of my V belt but retain my air con?? I'd be up for that

[tanka5.7]

you can do it, there is a new kit out or you can just get an extra powersteer pulley and machine that width off the crank pulley and use a 1 inch gilmer belt.

[Emackulation]

lube up the pulleys, and get some new belts.

[savage1987]

A new kit, hey? Whereabouts would one find this .. new kit?

[tanka5.7]

i saw it somewhere lol

[savage1987]

Dammit. That is no good to me If you remember, let me know!! I'd really love a Gilmer setup but I'm really not willing to sacrifice my AC.. it's my daily