I have a howling sound when i start my car. open the hood sound likes its coming from where the belt is. is it time to change

Have you not opened the hood to see
what the issue is ?

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show you how they arrived at that conclusion

A howling sound could be more like a water pump or a/c compressor bearing.Power steering and alternator will make more of a whine type noise.You should take into a repair shop and have it looked at.Hope this helps.Good luck.

dosent sound like a timeing belt have someone stand in front of your vehicle with hood up see where the noise is comeing from what year of vehicle is it what type of vehicle

It sounds like a belt may be beginning to slip. Open the hood, take a flashlight and check all of your belts for glazing on the inside of the belt. Also check for fraying on the outside of the belt. Try to remember when you last changed your belt.

Also, after your car sat awhile, open the hood and have someone else start it while you look under the hood for a slipping belt. It helps if you have marked the belt with a red permanent market so you can see the movement of your belt.

In time, if you do nothing the screeching will get worse and start to happen more often to all the time. It may take a while before your belt finally breaks.

If it is a water pump belt, it will affect your cooling system and if it is an ac belt it will affect your ac system.

You might have a bad front bearing in the alternator. Or a bad water pump. I would take of the 1 belt at a time and start the car to see if the noise is still there.

sound like engine belts

Could just be an idler pulley on a belt or bad bearing in the altenator

I think its a problem with your timing belt. It is too tight. Thats why it is making such a sound. Tell your mechanic to loosen it a bit.

It a particular period of time when the temperature changes and gets colder. So during the hot summer weather the belt(s) expanded. And as the weather changed and got colder the belts more likely would have the tendency to slip. There's an adjusting screw to adjust the belt tension. Hope you fix it.

Does this happen while in motion or at idle?