Faack. Wife drove to work today with the van, and texts me saying there was a 'constant high pitched squealing' as she was driving, and then when she parked, a 'burning rubber' smell, as well as a 'bit of a grinding noise' as she was idling in the parking lot.
HOPEFULLY it's nothing, and she's just being hypersensitive. I know when I drove the van this morning it was fine, but anything can happen... At the worst, I hope it is just the serpentine belt...that would be easy enough to fix. At best, I hope its nothing. Could be anything though. My thoughts go to a locked up air conditioning compressor...that would suck...
We are about to embark on a huge road trip, so I guess if anything were to go wrong with the van, now is a good time when I actually have time to address it properly.