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darkblueS40 03-03-2017 08:19 AM

Squeaking noise during decelerating and low rpm speeds
 
There's a squeaking noise ("eek-eek-eek") emanating from somewhere under the hood of my '98 S40 whenever I lay off the throttle, and whenever I slowly brake to a halt. And the noise makes a racket in car park speeds (around 20 to 30 km/h). Only when the car speeds up the noise goes away.

What's causing the squeaking? It's been driving me crazy!

UPDATE: During a hour-and a half long drive, the noise gradually went away as I neared my destination.

mt6127 03-03-2017 03:52 PM

does it do it when the engine is running in neutral and the car is not moving? If it only happens when the car is in motion, then I'd check the brake pads - I've seen them lose all the pad surface and metal on metal makes a terrible squeak...

pierremcalpine 03-05-2017 07:05 AM

Might be the aux belt tensioner- can you hear it when you open the hood parked?

darkblueS40 03-06-2017 06:38 AM


Originally Posted by mt6127 (Post 444256)
does it do it when the engine is running in neutral and the car is not moving? If it only happens when the car is in motion, then I'd check the brake pads - I've seen them lose all the pad surface and metal on metal makes a terrible squeak...

It only happens when the car is moving. thanks!

darkblueS40 03-06-2017 06:40 AM


Originally Posted by pierremcalpine (Post 444308)
Might be the aux belt tensioner- can you hear it when you open the hood parked?

Only popped the hood to check when I did the morning cold start. Did not hear the squeaking. Will look again in different conditions. Thanks!


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