I have a 2000 C5 that chirps all the time.  I've changed the belt and the tenchenors and it still chirps.  I'm at my wits end.  Anybody got a remedy? 

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Micki, I chased that birdy for a while on the C3 ..... it was a fouling spark plug!

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Water pump bearing ,pulley, or power steering unit ?? You can try white lithium grease on all the pulleys. Don't use oil or WD 40 on the belts.. You can try a little soap on the belt,use a bar of soap to rub on the belt. My 2 cents Big Al

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Seems like when I've had that happen its more about the brand of new belt. Change to a different brand and check your torque on the tensioner. They tend to need tightening greater than you would think is appropriate. If it started with a used belt, continued with a new belt...I'd guess one of your driven devices has a bearing going out....it causes greater than normal drag.  

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On my first '98 C5 it would chirp when I first started and continue until you drove it for a while.  Turned out to be the Top tensioner, but 6month later it returned when I was in CA, so I took it to J&D Corvette in Bellflower and they replaced the bottom tensioner and it went away and I never heard it again.

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God  Bless, rick

 Great to hear from you Micki. Try to stop in more often girl.

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I would look at the belt tensionors. Sounds like the bearing in one or both are starting to wear out.

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Hey there Al, good to hear from you!  Heck, I've tried everything your talking about, even the soap thing.  The soap made it worse for some reason.  I've replaced the tensioners and the belts.  Maybe the car is just happy and it chirps!




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Howdy Dave!  My C5 is a 2000 and it's got 80 thousand miles on it now.

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Hi Jimmy, good to hear from you!  I'm trying to jump in hear more now.  I had a lot of bad stuff happen, but I still have my vettes.  I have serious lower disk problems in my back, herniated disk and arthritis.........sucks.  Just found out about the disk.........now I know why I hurt so bad.  I guess my C5 must have a herniated bearing somewhere!

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Hi Rick!  Nice to meet ya!  I've replaced the tensioners and belts.  I didn't know it had a tensioner on top.........where on top?  I could take it to the Dealer and tell them to solve the problem, but being a female they may try to stick it to me and think I'm stupid or something.  Heck, I did fix my headlight when it wouldn't pop up anymore!  That was a lot of screws and some super glue to reseal the housing with a metal part instead of the plastic wheel grip looking thing.  Fun!

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