edunnett

Anybody know what this could be? I have an old carbureted Honda Civic ('86 Wagon front wheel drive) with 130K miles on it that has recently had it's 120K service done but is suffering some managable transmission problems and oil leaks. I recently started noticing that if I rev the engine while in neutral, as the RPM go up, it sounds fine, but as the RPM come down to idle speed, the engine makes sort of a howling noise until it reaches idle speed. It idles quietly except for the tranny main shaft bearing. The noise is not noticable while driving except on rare occassions in 1st gear in parking lots as I slow to a stop. Could this be a water pump bearing? The water pump was recently replaced. There's no coolant loss, no escalation of the problem in the 1000 miles since I first noticed it. Could it just be normal?
Elissa

edunnett

bump. anybody?

Turbo E

fix the trany issues first to eliminate the possibility of that causing the noise.

most likely it is yout tranny.