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Newbie 2004 XLR owner in Northern California

HartHarlez

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Greetings fellow XLR owners. I just purchased my first XLR and love it so far. However, the second time I drove it it started to squeal, like a belt, or tensioner, or bearing (praying it’s not a bearing). Can anyone recommend a XLR specialist in Sacramento, CA.? Or somewhere nearby? I don’t think my local dealer has a XLR specialist, and after they misdiagnosed our Hummer 3x I don’t have a lot of trust in their work anyway.
I’m now afraid to drive it until the squeal gets fixed. I noticed the previous owner saturated the belt in belt dressing. What a mess! Hope to get that cleaned up as well.


Any ideas for why the heater and A/C works when using one fob, but not when using the other?

Thank you for letting me join your forum, and hopefully you don’t mind me asking these questions.

Any help is appreciated. Thank you.
 
A Northstar engine is a Northstar engine, for the most part, is the same whether it's mounted sideways or longitudinally. Any Caddy dealer worth their salt should have no problem diagnosing a squeal coming from the engine compartment. Going by what you said about the excessive belt dressing, that's where I'd start. The belt drive.....whether bearings on accessories, the belt itself. The belt itself could be 14 years old or longer.
 
Thank you for the input. Appreciate you taking the time to reply.

A Northstar engine is a Northstar engine, for the most part, is the same whether it's mounted sideways or longitudinally. Any Caddy dealer worth their salt should have no problem diagnosing a squeal coming from the engine compartment. Going by what you said about the excessive belt dressing, that's where I'd start. The belt drive.....whether bearings on accessories, the belt itself. The belt itself could be 14 years old or longer.

Thank you for your time replying to my post. I appreciate your useful information. Thank you.
 

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