EP3CHRiS

Hey guys. Well i have this really strange noise coming from the belt, pulley and tensioner area. its been happening for a couple of weeks now and finally, its getting so loud that its really concerning me. The only way i can explain this noise is its kind of a "expanding and contracting" sound. this happens when ever it wants, meaning i really can't pin point when exactly it happens. the sound can be loud, quiet. It happens when the cars cold, hot, when the heaters on, just to mention i don't use AC etc. sometimes, the noise can come on for a good 5 to 6 seconds, than drop, then maybe come back on quieter 2 minutes later. Sometimes, this noise doesn't even happen! for an example, the other day, i came to a stop light, i heard the noise pretty loud, than the next light i came to about 4 minutes later, the noise was completely gone. I'm thinking about replacing the belt, pulley and tensioner, BUT i wanna see if anyones had this noise before. I took a video and posted it on Youtube, so you guys can here it properly. This should come in handy because i have no other way of explaining it rather than "expanding and contracting". This video i took was when i just came home from about a 65 km trip.

I need a hand on this guys, any input would be great, thanks guys
(turn up to here video properly)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kw-PKF67Cs

square_1

How many miles on the car? You probably just need to replace the tensioner assembly and the belt.

turboteg2nv

I had mine replaced under warranty from Honda w/only 26k miles on it.

EP3CHRiS

I have 156 XXX KM's on er. What i decided to do was buy a new tensioner & belt, but since i'm in there, i am going to go ahead and get the Idler done too...just got to wait for parts to come in...I'll keep you guys updated

EP3CHRiS

Hey guys, well i finally got some time to get back to this strange noise i have been having for a while. If your not to
familiar, check out the YouTube vid i posted earlier....Well, long story short, i replaced the belt tensioner, top idler pulley and belt to see if this noise would go away, but i had no such luck. I noticed that the sound completely went away for a couple of months, but now its starting to creep back up. A few days after i did the replacement, i went to my local
Honda dealer and just asked one of the Techs there. He kinda looked at me weird because it was really hard to explain
what kind of sound this was. Finally, i went outside to show him and he was speechless. He told me this was the first
time he has ever heard something like this.....he never new where to begin. He mentioned that there is a similar sound
on the Honda Odyssey's with there power steering pumps. He explained every time the car would make a turn, the noise
would happen, BUT this was happening without me turning the steering wheel. He told me it was a good idea to replace
the tensioner, belt and idler pulley, but he really has no idea......Just an update for any other guys having this problem...
i'm stuck on this issue......again.

NEO_FOLLOWER2

correct me if im wrong.
ep3 has electronic power steering

so yeah...i wouldnt know what to say also

sometimes its the valves in your motor making noise? theres chemicals you can put into your motor to try and clean this.

EP3CHRiS

Hey, thanks for the reply.....can you be a little specific with these chemicals??

NEO_FOLLOWER2

sorry i dont know the details.

my friend's dads car was making a weird noise and i asked him about it he only briefly talked about it.

quite literally he said if you replace the belt and its still making the noise
try and lube the belt (they sell that stuff specifically for that at autozone btw)

or it could be some valves making noise that you can buy chemicals and put it in along with your next oil change, hope fully that fixes the problem

that's as much as i know. not even sure if it's complete fact , just something i heard

google is your best friend in this case =]]

Shane71701

This is the exact problem im having on my 05 accord...
anyone figure anything out yet??