a few questions about cold starting

[Kingcof22]

When i started my car tonight at like 6pm. my car belts made that annoying squealing noise. The irony is that all the belts got changed 3 weeks ago, and it made the same noise when i started the car up and the mechanic said those belts were cracked. I hardly believe that i have cracked belts within 3 weeks. So already thats really weird.

as i drive up to school.. i shift into 5th gear going about 60. when i push the accelerator my check engine light goes on and as soon as i take my foot off the accelerator the check engine light goes off. so i repeat the process ### im like wtf! and again the light goes on when accelerating and then it flickers off as soon as im not hitting the gas. it did this in a couple gears like 3rd and 4th but i wasnt going 60 so that weird and im really confused.

Now, i leave school and start my car 3 hrs later and again the belts are really squealing loud and then it stops. no check engine light. as soon as i put it in 1st gear my belts start squealing. i shift to 2nd no squealing now and as i come to a stop sign, obviously i stop and put the car in 1st and the belts start squealing. that happened for like 5 minutes and then just stopped. When i start driving on the freeway, my pillar guage lights start flicker now instead of my check engine light and as id accelerate theyd either come on or come off..

Basically im lost, can someone try to explain this to me.

 

[agentorange313]

three main culprits of sqeaky belts is:

-Moisture on the belt, coolant, water, oil some kind of liquid
-belt is too tight
-belt is too loose

Check if your alternator bracket is loose, or both the power steering and alternator adjuster/tensor.

as for the CEL I cant help you out man, I dont know much about obd2

 

[saechao04]

If it is has dsmlink or a chipped ecu, it could be knock. I have my check engine light come on if its more than 3 counts of knock through dsmlink.

 

[Kingcof22]

what is knock? Thanks for the replies. im just baffled

 

[saechao04]

I'm not good at explaining knock but I ran a search on here and this is what I came up with. Sounds like it's your first dsm, there are a lot of information on here, I suggest you use the search feature and read, read and read some more.

http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/tun...81-knock-tech-pre-ignition-vs-detonation.html

http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/newbie-forum/211150-knock.html

 

[Kingcof22]

@saechao04:hey, thanks for some reason i couldnt find the knock info.. so thanx for posting that.

I dont have any weird noises when i drive so i dont think its knock. i guess the whole check engine light thing comes on only when the car is cold and for the first 15 minutes of driving. The car sounds fun and runs fine, but for some reason CEL flickers.