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- Aug 1, 2002
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Sylvania,
Ohio
So, my DSM has had the cold start 10 second squeal going on for a few years now. It has recently also developed the squeal when the lights and defroster are on. So, I really need to get this fixed as that's unacceptable!
Belts are all tight and the water pump, power steering pump, and alternator spin pretty well by hand. So, I would have to suspect the harmonic dampener/crank pulley. Now, at the last timing belt change (perhaps 2 years ago) it was inspected by a shop and declared good. Today I went ahead and pulled it myself again (since the problem is getting worse). It really looks quite good (I see a tiny surface crack when inspecting VERY closely, nothing at all obviously wrong beyond that), but is at least 15 years old as neither myself nor the previous owner changed it. I hear other people have reported that replacing ones that look perfectly fine has solved their problem and I'm willing to throw the ~$140 at it in the hopes I'll have the same results.
My problem though, is that I see there are different part numbers for different year cars. '90-92, 93/4, and '95-99. I've got a '95 body with a '92 block... I really don't know which part to order. Is there some way to tell by looking at the crank pulley I have now (I looked, but didn't find any obvious part numbers on it)?
Belts are all tight and the water pump, power steering pump, and alternator spin pretty well by hand. So, I would have to suspect the harmonic dampener/crank pulley. Now, at the last timing belt change (perhaps 2 years ago) it was inspected by a shop and declared good. Today I went ahead and pulled it myself again (since the problem is getting worse). It really looks quite good (I see a tiny surface crack when inspecting VERY closely, nothing at all obviously wrong beyond that), but is at least 15 years old as neither myself nor the previous owner changed it. I hear other people have reported that replacing ones that look perfectly fine has solved their problem and I'm willing to throw the ~$140 at it in the hopes I'll have the same results.
My problem though, is that I see there are different part numbers for different year cars. '90-92, 93/4, and '95-99. I've got a '95 body with a '92 block... I really don't know which part to order. Is there some way to tell by looking at the crank pulley I have now (I looked, but didn't find any obvious part numbers on it)?