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11-06-2015, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by ern-diz

If it is the belt, could it have gotten bad/dry just from the 8 yrs of exposure? I ask because the car only has 62k miles on it.

Yes. Like any rubber product, time does deteriorate them. It may also be just fine, but needs to have the tension adjusted, but I'm betting on age.

Type of sound aside, which can be subjective when it comes to describing it, the timing of the offending sound does indicate that the serpentine is the source.

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