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From: dmmartindale@watrose.UUCP (Dave Martindale)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Belts and stuff
Message-ID: <131@watrose.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 19-Dec-83 11:58:36 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec 19 11:58:36 1983
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I was recently alerted to a loose alternator belt by a "chirp" that
occurred when the engine speed increased rapidly (I was speeding up
the engine in preparation for downshifting) on a wet day.
It wasn't yet slipping under ordinary conditions, but the combination
of wet weather and heavy electrical load (headlights, rear defogger,
heater fan plus fuel pump) and rapid change in engine speed caused
a momentary slippage.

Moral: Know your car's noises.  Investigate new ones.  They may be trying
to tell you something.

	Dave Martindale