Your manual should instruct on how to check the belt tension.

"CFLav8r" wrote in message
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"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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CFLav8r wrote:

My fairly new 03' Yamaha 115hp has been making a squealing noise that
sounds
like a loose belt.
Anyone have any idea what this might be?
I had the local maintenance guys at the marina look at it and they
just
lubed some lower end bearing but they did not perform a sea trial.
Noise still there!

The power tilt has also been making noises but that I figure is just
the
fluid level.

David
Port Canaveral, FL


Yeah. It isn't uncommon among brand-new Yamaha four strokes. Really. It
is a belt, and the noise will subside after some hours of use. But make
sure your local dealer looks the engine over carefully at the 10-hour
checkup.

The noise actually started after the 10 hr checkup and it is currently
near
the 60 hr mark.
Other than that, this engine has been amazing.
The combination Key West 19 with the Yamaha 115 have been fantastic
together
for power, speed and response.