# Squeeling Noise from engine area

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/squeeling-noise-from-engine-area/34851>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** explorer, engines, ford\
**Created:** [August 10, 2009, 6:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/squeeling-noise-from-engine-area/34851 "2009-08-10T18:36:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![sandee1012](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@sandee1012](https://community.cartalk.com/u/sandee1012)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 6:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/squeeling-noise-from-engine-area/34851/1 "2009-08-10T18:36:36Z")

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'99 Ford Explorer w/97K. I keep hearing a squeeling noise somewhere in the engine. Never had any belts changed. What could it be?

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**Author:** ![edb1961](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/edb1961/32/122_2.png) [@edb1961](https://community.cartalk.com/u/edb1961)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 6:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/squeeling-noise-from-engine-area/34851/2 "2009-08-10T18:39:57Z")

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The belts.

Ed B.

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**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 7:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/squeeling-noise-from-engine-area/34851/3 "2009-08-10T19:00:09Z")

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The old, dry belts are slipping. It’s time for new belts. It may be just one belt or it may be more than one, but it, or they, need to be replaced.

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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 7:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/squeeling-noise-from-engine-area/34851/4 "2009-08-10T19:19:13Z")

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“Never had any belts changed. What could it be?”

You have asked and answered your own question.  
Just reverse the order of your sentences in order to see your correct answer.