Can you help identify this squeek?

chicagoclone · 04-14-2024, 05:45 PM

Was chirping before. Just replaced the oil filter housing gasket. Squeek seems to have gotten worse. Can't tell if it's a belt/pulley or in the engine.

https://youtu.be/81ELij98nVs?si=33SWJO1KBUAs9AOQ

Oil dripped on the belts and I used engine cleaner around them. Thinking the belts/pulley need replacing.

tracer bullet · 04-14-2024, 09:41 PM

Sounds like a pulley to me. Get a kit that includes a belt. If you can do the OFHG you won't have much trouble with this one. Just be sure to document your belt routing so you know the new one's in the right place.

Yeineken · 04-15-2024, 09:47 AM

My n55 did this last year. Same exact noise. I couldn't find any leak from OFHG, but replacing the belt and pulley's fixed the noise. So far only a small squeak has come back and i think its the main pulley / balancer which is a bigger pain to replace.

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chicagoclone Registered 0 Rep 4 Posts Drives: Jeep Grand Cherokee Join Date: Jul 2021 Location: Chicago, IL USA iTrader: (0)	Can you help identify this squeek? Was chirping before. Just replaced the oil filter housing gasket. Squeek seems to have gotten worse. Can't tell if it's a belt/pulley or in the engine. https://youtu.be/81ELij98nVs?si=33SWJO1KBUAs9AOQ Oil dripped on the belts and I used engine cleaner around them. Thinking the belts/pulley need replacing.
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tracer bullet Brigadier General 2419 Rep 3,551 Posts Drives: '11 135i , '15 X3 35i Join Date: May 2011 Location: Saint Paul, MN iTrader: (1)	Sounds like a pulley to me. Get a kit that includes a belt. If you can do the OFHG you won't have much trouble with this one. Just be sure to document your belt routing so you know the new one's in the right place.
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Yeineken Colonel 1301 Rep 2,093 Posts Drives: '11 135i M Sport Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Delmarva Peninsula iTrader: (3) Garage List '11 135i [8.20] '16 Ford Hatchback [0.00] '15 X5 [10.00]	My n55 did this last year. Same exact noise. I couldn't find any leak from OFHG, but replacing the belt and pulley's fixed the noise. So far only a small squeak has come back and i think its the main pulley / balancer which is a bigger pain to replace. __________________ Pyrat Clone
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