kruegerk
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- Joined
- July 10, 2012
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- 14
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- City, State
- Portland, OR
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2004 Explorer
I've spent hours digging through the prior threads and anywhere else I could find info. The wife's explorer started squealing the past couple weeks at first startup. It is usually gone in about 2 minutes. I replaced the belt with no change. I then tried a gates belt that was a little shorter and still squealing. Tonight I installed a motorcraft OEM replacement idler tensioner and unfortunately no change. I've spun the various pulleys and nothing seems to be tight and looking at the vibration dampner while the engine is running I don't see any strange movement. I've also tried spraying lithium grease on various pulleys while the engine is running and no change.. I'm trying to figure out what I should look at next before I take it in..