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Does the alternator belt make a noise if it's either too loose or too tight?

ok so a while ago me and my friend changed the alternator on my car and afterwards there was this really loud noise coming from the alternator belt. So we tightened it and the noise went away. But after driving around for a while the noise has started


they will squeal if loose :)

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