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Two problems:<p>1. Sometimes when I start my car it will make a squealing noise for about 10 seconds. I had my belts checked and they seem to be in good conditions.<p>2. I'm hearing some kind of airy noise from my front right tire (location)...my car is lowered.

When I start my car it makes an "eeerrrkkk" for about 1 second. I'm sure it has something to do with the starting system, but I have no idea what it is.

It is probably the belts or belt related. Often it is a sign of the the bearing on a belt tensioner going out. Remove the tensioner and push out the bearing. They are a couple of dollars at any autoparts store.<p>I recomend doing this before the bearing goes out, breaking a belt and having it jam in your water pump. (Trust me on this one )

mean your belts are slipping. Change the bearing and tighten them up.

yeah just go buy the bearing. I went to mazda to see if i could just replace the pulley itself thinking how much could it be seeing the pulley on any car i had ever worked on was around 20 bucks CAD but no they wanted 76 bucks CAD for just the pulley. The whole tensioner assembly was 190 bucks. Forget that

Thanks for the feedback but how difficult is this procedure? Do I need to buy specific bearings for the mazda mx-3? Any pics or steps involved would be greatly appreciated. Thanks again.