squeaking noise

[dandabmwman]

so lately i have been hearing a squeaking noise coming from my engine. here are the symptoms:

1) its a rythmic reet-reet-reet-reet-reet, not real fast either
2) its coming from the front of the engine by the belts and radiator
3) i hear it about 90% of the time, sometimes not at all
4)when i start the car i dont hear but as the car warms up for a minute or two it starts to squeak, gradually getting louder
5)its volume is loud enough to hear if you are near the car
6)as far as i can tell, when i accelerate the car the squeaks dont get any faster or slower, they just stay the same.

so i have no idea what it could be, im guessing its from the belts but it just seems to slow for that. is there just something i need to hit with some extra oil or something? any and all input would greatly be appreciated.

thanks

[KenC]

Why don't you just replace and tighten your belts and find out if that's the problem?

[dandabmwman]

thanks. ill probably do that. is there any way to figure out which one it might be before i start replacing them so i dont have to replace perfectly good parts? i can take the air conditioner and power steering belts off and still run the car to determine if its those right? possibly the alternator too?

[DaN]

Just spray each one individually with wd-40, or carb cleaner, when it goes quiet you found the noisy belt.