2000 Z24 Cavalier automatic. 76,000

So the wife drove about 150 miles round trip today highway. She said it sounded like her belt was sqeulling. I figure whatever, I think we had it replaced not too long ago... 20k? 25k? miles? Either way the sqeuling was at highway speeds fo ~75 mph

Either way I checked it out and it appears to be all good, tensioner seems decent. But I noticed it only does the crank, Alt, AC, and tensionor. AC worked fine, so doubt the AC compressor is locking up or anything.


I assume powersteering and waterpump are done another way. Are they hooked up to the timing belt? How often do people expect to change this? Is it common for power steering/water pump to go out and "lock up" and maybe make the belt sqeul?



Any advice on what this might be. She will be traveling 150 miles a day, 5 days a week for the next month. Don't want any issues if avoidable.


-Eric
2000 3.8L Camaro w/ 5-speed 14.467@95.45 $0 in mods!