# Car noises

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-noises/22975>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** noises\
**Created:** [December 5, 2008, 4:42am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-noises/22975 "2008-12-05T04:42:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![poppers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e274bd/32.png) [@poppers](https://community.cartalk.com/u/poppers)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 4:42am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-noises/22975/1 "2008-12-05T04:42:41Z")

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I have a 1994 Honda Accord EX with 112.00 miles. A recent problem occurs intermittently. After car is warmed up and I take my foot off the gas pedal to coast, it sounds like a chain saw at its loudest and a rubber bicycle horn at its lowest sound. Once the noise stars, I can sometimes abate it by tapping the gas pedal. I have no problem with acceleration when I step on the gas. The timing belts are due to be changed at 120,000. Do you think the problem is a with the fuel pump or timing belts.

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**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 10:34am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-noises/22975/2 "2008-12-05T10:34:19Z")

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Maybe a heat shield on the exhaust.

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**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 12:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-noises/22975/3 "2008-12-05T12:38:27Z")

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It’s unlikely to be the fuel pump or the timing belt. Can you tell where the noise is coming from? Is it under the hood or further back, under the car?