Squeal in engine bay, 97 LX (1 Viewer)

[Dirt Ferguson]

This video shows it while idling.

Belt squeal? Something else?

 

[robnicko]

sounds like belts. spray water on them and if it goes away theres your problem

 

[ERG80]

I had a similar squeal. Mine was a combination of belts and water pump.

 

[Broski]

Idler pulley

 

[Kernal]

All the above; spray water on the belts, if it goes away for a second or two then comes back, it's the belts, if it doesn't go away for a moment then it's something else that's moving.

 

[brockdeck]

My AC belt tends to do this from time to time, usually stretches a bit and needs an adjustment. Could also be a pulley.

 

[Dirt Ferguson]

I should have mentioned belts are all 2.5 years old, along with the pulley. 22K miles of driving on them.

I'll go through this list. I hadn't heard of the spraying water on the belts test, easy start point.