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#24 of 25 Van stalls intermittently along with belt squeal by rcchampacojr Jul 23, 2009 (6:46 pm)
(2001 - 3.8) Recently, my girlfriend's Windstar started squealing around the belt area. At the same time, she has experienced the van stalling on two occasions. We decided to try the cheap route and change the serpentine belt. The squeal still occurs (probably more frequently) and now I'm experiencing that the van wants to stall on me. Are the two symptoms related, (i.e. - the belt is slipping and causing the alternator to not send power to wherever,) (something in the engine that isn't working and, therefore, causing slippage of the belt,) or something else? I cannot yet determine the cause of the squeal since it doesn't seem to want to do it when I'm under the hood, just while driving (go figure). I can't really tell if anything is wrong with the water pump other than a tiny bit of wobble in its revolutions. There are no obvious drips from a weep hole or any sounds. I can't imagine that a failing water pump would make the engine stall anyway. I would appreciate any leads as I would rather fully find the problem and fix it than to blindly replace things. Thank you. Replies to this message: steve264 (Oct 26, 2009 6:17 am)
#25 of 25 Re: Van stalls intermittently along with belt squeal [rcchampacojr] by steve264 Oct 26, 2009 (6:17 am)
Replying to: rcchampacojr (Jul 23, 2009 6:46 pm) Did you find the problem causing the stalling? My wife's 2003 is doing the same thing, I replaced the tensioner but it still does it, it seem to be worse when cold.   Steve

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