88 accord - metallic engine noises at low speeds

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• jebinc1 Member Posts: 198

  September 2003

  ...a CV joint. Check the rubber boots to see if they are cracked. If so, most likely it's the joint that failed due to dirt.

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• Mr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481

  September 2003

  Warped brake rotors will also tickle your brake pads and give you a scraping sound that comes and goes.

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• tblazer503 Member Posts: 620

  September 2003

  front bearings? I would have a reputable shop check it out..

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• alcan Member Posts: 2,550

  September 2003

  Have the upper ball joints checked.

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• swschrad Member Posts: 2,171

  September 2003

  sooooo, congratulations on turning the odometer over! those aren't letters of commendation, they're bills
  
  time for a general checkover and have the issues found rated as to importance, so you can order the repairs if you can't afford 'em all at once.
  
  and don't put new tires on until it's all done, things like bad ball joints and tie rods can wear half the life off those tires in a few weeks

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• bburton3 Member Posts: 185

  September 2003

  Got a really metallic noise at low speed-turns out some of the crap that has fallen off trucks and I have run over at speed slightly bent the metal water deflector that is just beside the front brake rotor and it would slightly touch the rotor making a terrible noise. A little bend with the fingers cured this one.
  
  Recently got another noise at low rpm-turns out one of the heat shield holders on the cat converter rusted through and made a neat vibration-used to use AL clothes line wire-gotten fancy now-used a big honking SS pipe clamp-works very well. Cat heat shields are important when u park in the grass on occasion-even with them-sometimes fires start-cat started fire burned a whole bunch of cars at a golf tourney in Atlanta a few years ago.
  
  I start with the simple/cheap ones. Have had bed CV joints-they make a clicking sound when turning - bad wheel bearings kind of growl-if front end-it beings to be noticeable when making turns.
  
  Hope it is a el cheapo problemo.

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• swschrad Member Posts: 2,171

  September 2003

  due to the design of FWD cars. if you have noise, they are already hosed, but you probably have a little time to get your bids and choose a shop for the work.

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• chucko3 Member Posts: 793

  September 2003

  I had a similar problem at low speed with my Accord LXi 89 (193k miles) a while back.
  It's probably the heat shield at the catalyst converter. I removed it for years.
  The car still runs great. RightF CV went last year. The right tight rod just went last month.

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