Date:         Fri, 19 Feb 1999 06:33:21 -0800
Reply-To:     Jim Snyder <jsnyder@DAVIS.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jim Snyder <jsnyder@DAVIS.COM>
Subject:      Re: Load screeching sound from leaving lights on?
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"

Mine screeches on my Rabbit after getting just a little wet from running
over a puddle and then goes away as the engine revs up a little. Could this
be a similar problem?

Jim Snyder
www.mother.com/~jsnyder
www.mother.com/~jsnyder/vanagon.html



>Mine screeches on very cold mornings (roughly <= 10 degrees F).
>Would some type of belt dressing cure this?
>And just for curiosity's sake -- why does the alternator's greater load
>cause the belt to screech?
>--------------
>Fred Younger
>91 GL
>
>
>Michael Sullivan wrote:
>>
>> Your fan belt is screeching due to the alternator having a greater load.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> MJS
>>
>> At 08:54 AM 2/19/99 -0800, Steve Macaulay wrote:
>> >It was raining here yesterday and I inadvertantly left my lights on my
89
>> >Westy when I returned to work after lunch. When I walked out to the
parking
>> >lot 4.5 hours later I saw that the lights were on. Luckily for me the
main
>> >headlights are cut off if you remove the key, so I was hoping that I
would
>> >still be able to start it since the parking lights were only on a few
hours.
>> >It did start right up, but I immediately heard a loud screeching noise
>> >coming from the engine compartment. I cut the engine off and restarted
it
>> >and the loud noise returned. I left it running and walked to the back
for a
>> >better listen. The noise was very loud and I decided to cut off the
engine.
>> >I started it back again, got the same noise, and decided to give it a
little
>> >gas. The noise got quietier so I did the same thing again. A little
>> >quietier again. I cut it off one more time, gave it some gas, and the
noise
>> >disappeared and hasn't returned.
>> >
>> >I assuming leaving the lights caused this to occur since I have never
heard
>> >this noise before. Anybody have any thoughts on what really happened? Is
>> >this an indication of a particular part(s) going bad? I don't want to
find
>> >myself being unable to jump start the van if I inadvertantly leave my
lights
>> >on again. The van only has 57k miles on it so there isn't an excessive
>> >amount of wear on the parts.
>> >
>> >Thanks for your help,
>> >
>> >Steve
>> >
>> >89 Westy
>> >Richmond, VA
>> >
>>
>> Michael J. Sullivan
>> Director of Catalog Design
>> Open Market, Inc.
>