RTLNOOBIE

the sound is getting annoying and louder since i ever get this car. when i idael my car. when i first start the car it smooth then after 30 second later it start to make niose like some thing loose and moving around. i check every joints and bolt even take my rear passanger wheel off to get a clear look. but nothing is loose or not exhaust leak either. once i get under the car put my ear closer to the sound it seen it coming from between the gass tank and the trunk. would any acura expert here think it from the fuel pump? or someting in the gass tank is moving? or anyone that have 2004 TL have the same issue?
thanks.

MWalsh9152

if its coming from the fuel tank area when the car isnt moving then I would have to guess its the pump

RTLNOOBIE

i think so too. wander if it repairable.

Fulani has a TL

iTrader: (1)

Yes it is easy to replace the pump, here are some scans of how to remove and replace a pump

https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...ight=fuel+pump

RTLNOOBIE

THANKS! ill try to move it around first to see if it still make the vibrating sound.

csmeance

try this, start your car, I mean turn it on after being off for about 30 minutes, then drive. See if this occurs under 22 MPH, or right before it. If it is around 20, that is the ABS pump priming and self-checking itself. You will feel a flutter in the brake pedal and also hear a slight cluck.

RTLNOOBIE

i did that already i drove from my house to my wife's mom house and it still making the cluck cluck thingy sound. i even took the wheel off and see nothing loose. but the sound it from the under the car between the gass tank and the trunk. brought it to the dealer the tech come to my car listen to the sound but they don't know where it coming from he said that's not exhuast sound ither and they never heard it before on the TL. they have to do some sound check thing whatever they talking about. acura dealer quote me $120 an hour labor to look at it, totally bs. so i drove it back home.

what happend is when i start the car it nothing then after a minute later it start the sound like gluck gluck gluck and its going as long as the car stay running. its almost sound like the loose exhuast that bound a gaints the car fram, but my exhuast its mound on tite. and the sound its coming from the gass tank areas.

csmeance

as stupid as it may sound, check your spare tire and the jack/wrench, one of them might be loose causing it...