I have a 97 Corolla. Whenever I start the car up I can hear a belt in the engine compartment making some noise.

-The noise seems to change whenever I turn OR accelerate.
-I have found that I can accelerate quickly and the noise will get increasingly loud then at about 15mph the noise stops.
-Sometimes if I make a sharp turn, the noise starts back for a few seconds


I lifted the hood and tried to listen to see where the belt sound was coming from. It was too loud to detect.

I suspect it's the power steering belt because I had that replaced a few monthes ago. Is it too loose? Too tight? Bad belt?

Whenever there is high humidity, it seems to not make the noise at all.

What should I do?

6/4/2007 4:16:30 PM

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"Whenever there is high humidity, it seems to not make the noise at all."

Pee on it.


Seriously, the very first thing to do is to verify that all the belts that you can see have the correct tension. That's 95% of the problem. Or you could have another one that is old, dried out, cracked, worn, or glazed.

6/4/2007 4:32:27 PM

^ like your pecker?

6/4/2007 4:58:51 PM

put some baby powder on it.

6/4/2007 6:18:54 PM

get a 2x4 and listen to it

6/4/2007 6:20:56 PM

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"put some baby powder on it."

the belt? or dan's pecker?

6/4/2007 10:33:55 PM

It IS kinda chafed a little from riding my mountain bike. I gotta get some compression shorts.

6/4/2007 10:39:42 PM

you need this seat on it

6/4/2007 11:01:08 PM

belt tensioner pully, $12 at autozone...fails in the 1zz engine ALL THE TIME

8/22/2007 11:30:47 PM

way to bring up a 3 month old thread for no reason.

8/22/2007 11:33:47 PM

hmmm...

lets see here...

8/22/2007 11:35:03 PM

cut the belt, it won't make noise after that.

8/23/2007 8:58:23 AM

I thought the 1ZZ didn't start until 98

8/23/2007 10:22:17 AM

yeah, 3 month old thread. surprisingly I haven't fixed the problem yet though.

I bought some "belt conditioner" from advance auto parts. I sprayed it on, that helped some but not much.

I think my next try will be power steering fluid. if that doesn't work ill try the tensioner thing.

8/23/2007 5:57:19 PM

it's definitely has nothing to do with the power steering fluid. the belt is either not tight enough, or it's old/worn out.

[Edited on August 23, 2007 at 6:00 PM. Reason : .]

8/23/2007 5:59:13 PM

OK, that makes sense. ill see if I can adjust it without taking a tire off

8/23/2007 6:04:23 PM

you could pour brake fluid on it though, enough of that will swell the rubber belt... or maybe spray it with VHT

8/23/2007 8:18:03 PM

after you put a belt on it stretches and you should retension it after a few weeks.

8/23/2007 11:19:53 PM