I know some other van owners have mentioned this and I'm hearing the same. Even my neighbor mentioned it one day. So when I start the van cold, it fires up with a couple of pumps of gas (if colder) and emits a high pitched squeal on starting up that goes away fairly quickly once the idle stabilizes. All the belts are new and tight. I'm thinking it's either lack of oil pressure at startup or an accessory like the alternator or a AC compressor. If it was an accessory I would expect it to not stop, so I'm thinking its due to lack of oil pressure. If thats the case I'm then wondering whats doing it and when will I need to deal with it LOL.
Been some time ago that I changed belts on mine but I do remember that it seemed like I had to excessively tighten the belts in order to eliminate the squeal on startup. As I remember, I adjusted 4 or 5 times, each time adding more tension before it was enough. Mine is a K6A but still uses one multi-rib belt and one standard V-belt. The single was the one causing the ruckus whereas the multi-rib did fine with my initial adjustment. Fred
It think it is squealing as the belt slips on the dampener, until the belt driven components get up to speed.
