Re: Can you identify this belt? (96 Honda Accord)
 

as others said its probably the belt slipping.

the pump looks to be either the air con compressor or the power steering
pump...

"Al Reynolds" <al@bat400.com> wrote in message
news:bg5dfc$5c31d$1@athena.ex.ac.uk...
> Hello people,
>
> I wonder if someone could help me out? I need to
> identify the belt indicated with the arrow in the image:
> http://www.bat400.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/engine.gif
> so that I can explain to someone over the 'phone what
> the problem is on my car. There's no Haynes manual
> for this model so I haven't been able to look it up.
>
> Could anyone tell me which belt it is? Sorry if this is
> something that I should obviously know!
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Al Reynolds
>
> PS While I am here, you might be able to help me
> with the problem as well ... so here goes. My Accord
> tends to idle at just under 500rpm. This seems low to
> me (my previous Prelude used to idle at ~700rpm).
> Recently, a "squealing" or "whistling" noise started
> coming from the engine bay every time the engine was
> idling (at lights, before parking etc.). The whistling
> would go away if I raised the revs even slightly, even
> while in neutral. I managed to track the whistling down
> to the area around the belt marked in the image. It's
> stopped now but I was concerned that something
> might have worn down or need changing.
>
> Any ideas what it could be?
>
>