Here’s a typical scenario: You start your car in the morning, and as soon as the engine fires up, you notice a loud, high-pitched squeal. When you accelerate or make a U-turn, the squealing gets louder and more pronounced. What’s causing your engine to squeal? Although there are a few causes of a squealing […]
In the somewhat recent past, vehicles had multiple belts, each controlling one specific component. Conversely, almost all cars on the road nowadays have one, long, winding belt—the serpentine belt—which operates the air conditioner, alternator, power steering pump, and sometimes the water pump. There are a few models that have a second belt to control select […]
