I had a problem during the coldest nights of the winter, car was garaged, but would run it every few days to warm her up etc.

 

But one day I went to it, started her, and the fan belt squeeled it's nuts off then snapped, from the friction burning through it...

 

Anyways, at the time, I presumed the water pump had frozen, fitted a new belt, and now squeels everytime I start her for about 30 seconds, then the viscous fan eventually kicks in. I thought maybe a bit of talc on the belt as I might have had grubby/oily hands when I fitted the belt, or could it have been the viscous fan all along? Do they fail like that?

 

Cheers guys (and gals ;-)

and the tension on the belt is healthy....

i had a similar thing when the bottom pulley failed . the bearing collapsed and it seezed .

have a look at the small bottom pulley by the power steering pump