cutlass ciera making a loud noise when running. it seems to be something
along the serpitine belt. the car sat for 5 years with nothing done to it.
can I oil all the parts along the belt or not? i was thinking maybe
something is rusted or maybe it could be the power steering motor...please
help....

sweetyankee proclaimed:

> cutlass ciera making a loud noise when running. it seems to be something
> along the serpitine belt. the car sat for 5 years with nothing done to it.
> can I oil all the parts along the belt or not? i was thinking maybe
> something is rusted or maybe it could be the power steering motor...please
> help....
>
The serpentine itself could be old and squeaking. You can carefully
run a bar of cheap hand soap along a bit of the belt and see if that
helps, then wash it off later.

If you have a bearing squeaking, get a long thin tube and drop a bit
of heavy motor oil into the bearing. A piece of electronics
"spaghetti" from Radio Shack works. I've seen this work well enough
to put off repair for a few months.

The harmonic balancer part of the crank pulley breaks(rubber fails). New
or used will fix it.

sweetyankee wrote:

> cutlass ciera making a loud noise when running. it seems to be something
> along the serpitine belt. the car sat for 5 years with nothing done to it.
> can I oil all the parts along the belt or not? i was thinking maybe
> something is rusted or maybe it could be the power steering motor...please
> help....
>