Car mechanics

[Gumboot]

I know...I'm asking car mechanical advice on a fishing forum.

Sons 2011 Altima developed a high pitch squeel which I believe is coming from the alternator.  It's still charging.  Can bearings fail on one of these?

[Terrierman]

All bearings can fail.

[tjm]

What he said^^^^, squeal could be a belt slipping too, it's easy to spray the belt and see if the noise goes a way. If not, get a 2-3' piece of garden hose or pipe and with one end against your ear stick the other end against/near various parts that might be making noise, the pipe will act like a stethoscope and when you find the noise you will know. Anything that rotates is a suspect, including idler pulleys and water pumps.  

[Ketchup]

These 2 guys are spot on. ^^^^

[fishinwrench]

Belt tensioner most likely.

Hit the tensioner pulley with some silicone spray, and if that quiets the squeal for a bit....you've found it.

[aarchdale@coresleep.com]

I just had to replace an idler pulley that was squeaking on my truck. Cheap easy fix 

[Gumboot]

Appreciate the advice.  It's not a slipping belt squeel, it's got more clunk to it, but I'll check those things out. 

Going to try the pipe trick as I think I know where the noise is coming from, but longer I listen to it, it seems to travel.

I had good luck with a Nissan truck 30+ years ago, but this Rogue has been expensive to maintain.  I'm sure being driven by a 17 year old has nothing to do with it.

Thanks again.

[Terrierman]

14 minutes ago, Gumboot said:

Appreciate the advice.  It's not a slipping belt squeel, it's got more clunk to it, but I'll check those things out. 

Going to try the pipe trick as I think I know where the noise is coming from, but longer I listen to it, it seems to travel.

I had good luck with a Nissan truck 30+ years ago, but this Rogue has been expensive to maintain.  I'm sure being driven by a 17 year old has nothing to do with it.

Thanks again.

We had a Rogue that had a lot of problems.  Traded it in on a Jeep Renegade that we like and has been trouble free.  The Renegade feels like a much larger vehicle and is much more comfortable than the Rogue, which we wound up totally losing faith in after the entire exhaust system had to be replaced with only 30K miles on it.  Seemed like it was always something with that car.  Nonetheless good luck with yours.

[gotmuddy]

19 minutes ago, Gumboot said:

Appreciate the advice.  It's not a slipping belt squeel, it's got more clunk to it, but I'll check those things out. 

Going to try the pipe trick as I think I know where the noise is coming from, but longer I listen to it, it seems to travel.

I had good luck with a Nissan truck 30+ years ago, but this Rogue has been expensive to maintain.  I'm sure being driven by a 17 year old has nothing to do with it.

Thanks again.

nissan's have ween way downhill in the past 15 years. all of them anymore have CVT transmissions which are junk.

[tho1mas]

Hey- I bought a new Nissan Frontier 4x4 in 2007. The only wrench it has ever seen is to remove 

the oil drain plug & a couple of batteries. Had all hoses, belts & fluids changed at the 10 year anniversary.