Kevin Posted January 18, 2007 Report Share Posted January 18, 2007 (edited) Thanks , Katie ! No , just a regular start and after that initial 'skreeeech' I have no problems nor hear it again - except today - you see while normally proceeding down the road , on a slight curve , I heard it again very briefly ( thus my suspicion of the power steering belt and/or fluid ) . What I'm wondering is whether this is an urgent problem , or will straighten itself out ( wishful thinking ) - or something that needs to be looked at eventually . I like to go to the garage giving the mechanics a false sense that I may be on the right track rather than giving them carte-blanche - cheaper that way , usually ! Edited August 27, 2008 by Guest Title issues. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katie_sane Posted January 18, 2007 Report Share Posted January 18, 2007 I can ask my brother, he is a 4th year apprentice mechanic. Is is a Japanese car? Or is that a stupid question? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted January 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2007 It is - a Japanese car - a Mazda . I'm fairly sure it's a fan belt , but just thought somebody would nail it . Thanks though , Katie for all your hel , anyway ! You're a doll ! *Kiss * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayzor Posted January 18, 2007 Report Share Posted January 18, 2007 Kevin... it sounds like the fan belt. The squeal when you start the car is because the belt slips, but once the belt has gotten momentum to the wheels its supposed to be turning, it no longer slips (very common in any car). If you heard the squeal every time you turned the steering wheel then you should suspect the power-steering. Hope this helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Fish Posted January 18, 2007 Report Share Posted January 18, 2007 Damn! They beat me to it! I was so going to say fan belt!! Really I was! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcM Posted January 19, 2007 Report Share Posted January 19, 2007 Check the thrombus rod joint. Get to keep them tight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katie_sane Posted January 19, 2007 Report Share Posted January 19, 2007 It is - a Japanese car - a Mazda . I'm fairly sure it's a fan belt , but just thought somebody would nail it . Thanks though , Katie for all your hel , anyway ! You're a doll ! *Kiss * no worries Kevin. My brother is a mechanic for Ford & Mitsubishi, but they get all cars in there too. My first car was a Daihatsu Another question inspired by Batman's 'Bands From Your Home Town' thread: Is anyone else on here NOT from a major city/heavily populated area? Am I the only country girl hanging around these parts? Bands from Goulburn (Population 24,000) = none Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious_Peaches Posted January 19, 2007 Report Share Posted January 19, 2007 Is anyone else on here NOT from a major city/heavily populated area? Am I the only country girl hanging around these parts? Bands from Goulburn (Population 24,000) = none I'm a country girl, too, Katie. I live in a small south Georgia town with a population of 11,000. Tree Rollins (basketball player) is the only cool person from here, besides me, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted January 19, 2007 Report Share Posted January 19, 2007 The Watermelon Capital of the World!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rayzor Posted January 19, 2007 Report Share Posted January 19, 2007 (edited) How can you ladies call those small towns?? I came from a little farming community with a total population of : 162. Thats not in thousands or millions. Its just that. 162. Now thats small! Edited January 19, 2007 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katie_sane Posted January 19, 2007 Report Share Posted January 19, 2007 Yay, another small town girl! Even smaller town! I see you a World's Watermelon Capital and raise you a World's Largest Concrete Sheep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious_Peaches Posted January 19, 2007 Report Share Posted January 19, 2007 Wow. I stand corrected, small town rayzor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katie_sane Posted January 19, 2007 Report Share Posted January 19, 2007 How can you ladies call those small towns?? I came from a little farming community with a total population of : 162. Thats not in thousands or millions. Its just that. 162. Now thats small! Wow, bet there was nothing to do there when you were growing up, because there was nothing to do here either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Jane 61 Posted January 19, 2007 Report Share Posted January 19, 2007 (edited) I'm a country girl, too, Katie. I live in a small south Georgia town with a population of 11,000. Tree Rollins (basketball player) is the only cool person from here, besides me, of course. Small town here too. About 7,000 give or take. Mostly farmers and rednecks. But I like small town life for sure. We are home of the Shelby Bicycle. For us, a big deal. We even have a festival for it...wooohooo!! Edited January 19, 2007 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted January 19, 2007 Report Share Posted January 19, 2007 I always lived in cities witth no less than 6 million people... I wonder what it would be to live in a peaceful place like those you live in... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted January 19, 2007 Report Share Posted January 19, 2007 Well Edna...It's quiet here, but boring....We find ways to make it interesting though.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted January 19, 2007 Report Share Posted January 19, 2007 Oh... the posteater has infected this thread... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcM Posted January 19, 2007 Report Share Posted January 19, 2007 As long as we are showing our civic pride..... This is the small (for CA) town where I grew up and lived most of my life in: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Pasadena%2C_California This is where I am now, and plan to stay: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valencia%2C_Santa_Clarita%2C_California Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious_Peaches Posted January 19, 2007 Report Share Posted January 19, 2007 "In the sixth season of the television show 24, Valencia was ground zero for the terrorist detonation of a nuclear suitcase bomb." Excellent, Marc! Watch out for Jack Bauer in the 'hood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted January 20, 2007 Report Share Posted January 20, 2007 I always lived in cities witth no less than 6 million people... I wonder what it would be to live in a peaceful place like those you live in... me, too. I'd love to try small town life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry David Posted January 20, 2007 Report Share Posted January 20, 2007 I grew up in a town with a varying population depending on what side of town you entered from. If you came from the East, the side welcomed you to a town of 2100 people. If you drove in from the West, the town announced its population as 2001. I like small towns but they are cultural vacuums. It is a give and take. I love the open space, hiking, solitude. I hate the lack of fresh food, health food, museums, dance, culture, other ethnic groups. But, it is a short drive away for me. A girl I work with and I were just talking about this today! She is moving back to Taiwan and was saying she will miss the solitude a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayzor Posted January 20, 2007 Report Share Posted January 20, 2007 Wanna know whats really sad? Theres no site that contains any info on my hometown! I thought we'd be somewhere, but nothing is mentioned of us. I say it's because they don't like french farmers that created the largest milk-center in Manitoba. (We have a 17' concrete cow to prove it!) Our country is oppressing us!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Fish Posted January 20, 2007 Report Share Posted January 20, 2007 Another question inspired by Batman's 'Bands From Your Home Town' thread: Is anyone else on here NOT from a major city/heavily populated area? Am I the only country girl hanging around these parts? Bands from Goulburn (Population 24,000) = none I live in a tiny Villege. In fact, until quite resently our farm house WAS the village!! It only has about twenty houses in it...we have a band though called My Elvis Blackout, they just released a single, and there are a few others from Cornwall, just not from our tiny village! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 As long as we are showing our civic pride..... This is the small (for CA) town where I grew up and lived most of my life in: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Pasadena%2C_California this would be the same town I grew up in and per wiki : Of note is the historic Rialto Theater in downtown South Pasadena; the theater is a unique blend of Spanish Baroque and Egyptian stylings and was built in 1925. It is one of the last remaining single screen cinemas in the country. The Rialto was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978, having narrowly missed the wrecking ball that year. It has been featured in many films and commercials, most notably Robert Altman's The Player and more recently in Scream . Marc and I both spent a lot of time here, and I think went to the same junior high scool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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