View Single Post
Old 04-13-2010, 11:47 AM   #50
tblake
In God We Trust
 
tblake's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Maple Lake, Minnesota
Posts: 5,971
Thanks: 4
Thanked 24 Times in 23 Posts
Send a message via MSN to tblake
Re: Overheating 2001

As the car is running but not hot yet, dump a couple gallons of water on the belt and pulley area. Chirping noise after replacing the waterpump is normal untill all the antifreeze dries up off the belt. Then with the belt on, go back over the 4 waterpump pulley bolts to make sure they are tight.

And to answer your question, the belt should have an automatic tension that does not need to be tightened.
__________________
-2000 Grand Prix GTP 170,000mi (daily driver)
-2000 Olds Alero 100,000mi (soon to be DD with gas at $3.45/gal)
-1997 Chev K1500 4x4 115,000mi (Natalie's truck [nans_grandprix])


AF "2.0" Community Guidelines

Conservative Victory 2012!!!

"I'll Keep my Guns, Freedom, and Money. You can Keep the Change!"

----->>>>> Did You Know? <<<<<-----
tblake is offline   Reply With Quote