It's possible but one of the guys had replaced his alternator and the one he bought from Advance caused the belt to come out slightly and caused a whine similar to yours. Same thing with the lubricant, if you have the old alternator measure distance from base to belt track, the. On new one and see if there's a difference? A long shot but possible.

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