Sqeaky Belt

[Gelf VXR]

Ive got an annoying sqeaking from what i assume is on the of the belts. What if anything is ok to spray to lubricate? WD40 or is a silicon lubricante ok to use? I'm sure i remember reading some where to keep silicon away from engines, but they do sell it in halfords...

[GreenV8S]

Don't under any circumstances spray WD40 or any other oil based products near the belts, it will rot them. The stuff you need is called belt dressing spray, which comes in a spray tin, you spray it over the contact surface of the pulleys while the engine is running and it coats everything with a grippy surface which stops the slight slipping which causes the squeak.

You can also cure squeals by smearing soap over the pulley, but this works by making it slip more which seems like a step in the wrong direction to me.

[Gelf VXR]

Thanks, any ideas where i can get some?

[MasterofPuppets]

RS Components is always a good place to start rswww.com

[monkfish1]

Not likely to be a belt. More likely to one of the idler pulleys. Spraying these doesn't normally work, or at least not for long. There are a total of 4 potential culprits.

[well_fans]

good excuse to fit a 25% underdrive pulley as first attempted fix -in case its that squeaking