Squeal at start up ?

My 90 accord Lets out a nice little squeal every time I start it up, only
squeals for 2 seconds and doesent do it any other times, belt looks pretty
new. just bought the car recently

 

Its definetly your motor belt. Any mechanic can do it quick if you dont
think you can. BTW its super simple, there should be a belt diagram on
the radiator support. All you do is loosen the tensioner and take the
old one off. THen follow diagram to re-install the new one. Tighten
tensioner when done.

 

Have you had a little work done recently that involved removing the belts?

Your symptom (little squeal at startup, then quickly goes away) is
consistent with a loose power steering belt or alternator belt, but could be
other things. I would check the belts first. Quite possibly all that is
necessary is to tighten one of them.

www.autozone.com has a free online manual for your car that gives directions
on guesstimating belt tension.

 

Do you have air conditioning. If so I would suspect the compressor
clutch. LOOSEN not tighten the belt and see if it helps.

 

quick is fix is spray a tiny amount of wd-40 type lube on belt.....it
is not recommended but it works. When I say it is not recommending, I
used to work in an auto shop....we wouldnt do that to customers cars
because it can lead to belt slipage however, when any of the mechinacs
had a squaeel they would throug oil on it

 

where do you work guy? i want to make sure my vehicles never get within
100 miles of you. or your fellow "mechinacs".