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  • Squeeling brakes are the brake pad wear indicator

    • you should do this before it wears the rotor or drum out

    Leaking exhaust often accompanies a tick and is dangers to occupants of the car.

    • patch with some quick steel or something or muffler wrap

    Squeeling belts is usually old belt and are fidgety but easy to replace.

    • just check pulleys by spinning them and make sure they don’t make bad noises too. You really want to take care of this before it breaks leaving you without cooling or battery.

    Exhaust rattle i assume would be lose or broken mount.

    • They usually hang in rubber bushes, you can get them very cheap from a car shop. Or tie it up with some fencing wire.

    Engine tick depends on the actual cause and often expensive to diagnose but sometimes cheap to fix

    Wheel bearings

    • fix them you don’t want the wheel to fly past you at 100kmh into another car etc.