Hey Guys.

Just hit 55k miles on my 2010 automatic. It seemed like it was making a little bit a noise and it was about 6k since my last oil change so I figured I would change it and see if it helped at all.

I put in 5-20w Penzoil Platinum filled it between the dots and started the car. Didnt seem to do anything to the sound so it wasnt low/old oil related.

But today I decided to open the hood and listen closer. It is much louder under the hood then in the driver seat. Driver seat isnt noticeable at all with music on but I constantly listen for sounds in my car so I began to notice it.

Video is on youtube here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtdTI...ature=youtu.be

Any ideas? I was thinking it was just belt related and the belt makes a scratchy type of sound. But there is the clickier sound coming from the opposite side of the belt.

I've read around and I've heard timing belt, torque converter, and normal. If it is normal I wonder if the previous owner / dealer wasnt using 5w-20 and was using something thicker that muddled the sound (read that somewhere too)

Help!

Thanks all.

 

Not sure if its just me but there's no sound in that video.

Anyways my friend's engine made a really loud noise and we didn't know what it was but it turned out to be the power steering fluid so check there.

 

Thanks. I assume you mean nothing sounding out of the ordinary to you? Not that the video has no sound.

The engine seems a little "scratchier" after the oil change is all. The oil is at the top dot so I don't want that to be the issue.

Temps are ok, no lights on in the dash. I assume if there was a serious issue with the oil a light would come on before damaging anything.

 

yea let us know how the power steering fluid looks...

 

Sounds EXACTLY like mine did


it went away on its own though. I still have no idea what the noise was. Dealer said it was normal operation....

 

Mine sounded just like that, but it was accompanied with the CEL and VSA Warning light. It turned out I had slack in the timing chain. I was at 80,000 miles.

 

I believe all Honda/Acuras 4 cyl make this noise.... my 09 accord used to make the same sound

 

My 2009 has pretty much always sounded this way. I bought it brand new and it has over 90k miles on it now.

 

Thanks man. It does sound the same... I'm not going to worry about it much. Just going to have the dealer check everything out at 60k miles anyways since it seems to be a big maintenance marker. Tranny fluid, timing, etc. Maybe I'l bring it a bit earlier.

From what I read, it is possible the dealership put thicker oil in to reduce the noise so I would buy it. But now that i put proper 5w-20 in it is a little louder.

Oh and NO Thanks to power steering fluid jokers! I might be a paranoid car owner but not falling for that one. I've been on these forums a lot since owning the my TSX.

 

I didn't know acura imported the cu2 diesel model :-p :-) :-)

 

Mine has always pretty much sounded like that too, but its only noticeable with the hood open and up-close.

 

Diesel is CU3, Tourer as Diesel is CW3

 

i have the same noise. I mostly hear it when the car is cold. :-(

 

Just a follow-up to this thread. I replaced my idler pulley, serpentine belt, and tensioner assembly and the noise from my engine bay has been reduced significantly.

 

Just sounds like lifter tick to me.. no real problems there.

 

Mine sounds pretty similar, I wouldn't worry about it

 

its normal

 

my 2010 sounds similar, loud tappets and some noise coming from air intake.
is this normal? I have 79km