Silly question but it is not your v-belt slipping is it?

Thanks,
Chris

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>Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 08:37:01 -0600
>From: Marshall <mjruskin@SHAW.CA>
>Subject: very loud Screeching noise on very cold days -
turns heads
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>
>Hi Volks:
>
>Can you please help me with this?  - opiniions gladly
accepted
>
>A get an incredibly loud "screeching sound" coming from my
general engine
>area at certain rpms when the engine is cold. (it's been -30
here).
>
>Normally, it goes away after a while, but when I come to a
traffic light, it
>re-occurs as the car approaches a stop. It usually reappears
when I start
>driving away again, then dimminishes as I pick up speed and
rpms.
>
>If I let the car warm up 10 min before driving - it is
minimalized, but it
>still makes the sound when initially started, and the
frequency and
>intensity of the sound increase as I give it throttle after
it is initially
>started.
>
>1.    I am not using one of the good Mahl oil filters with
valves - could it
>be the main bearings are starved of lubrication at start?
>
>2.    Could it be my water pump being worn out?
>
>3.    Could it be a symptom of my main bearings being
bad/worn out?
>
>4.    Could it be an incorrect setting in the crank's end-
play? (I got an
>engine transplant this past fall)
>
>4.    Could it be my automatic transmission - possibly the
torque converter?
>
>Thanks for any and all help you volks can provide.
>
>Marshall Ruskin
>84 Westy (I am Vanagon, hear me howl)