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Hello all,

There is a clicking sound, as if a leaf or card is stuck in a bicycle wheel, coming from my '04 Civic LX (AT). It is hard to capture on a smartphone, but the attempt is below. It's especially noticeable in 1st and 2nd gears, and it becomes louder as the revs go up.

I've tried to see if my friend or I can see anything with the hood up, but no luck. To the naked eye, it doesn't look like a belt is loose or something is stuck.


It starts at around :07

Has anyone had this before? I want to avoid taking it to the mechanic if I can fix it myself.

Thanks in advance!
-Pranav


Edit:
The car has 140K miles, and the timing belt was changed by the previous owner at 110K by a mechanic.

 
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My laptop refuses to play that.

 
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Here's an mp3 of it. It's lower quality sound, but you can still hear the sound in question.

 
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Ok that source plays now....but there's not enough for me to tell anything of value on my end.

 
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Ha, now that first one is working on this laptop. I wonder what happened?

 
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haha no idea
and yea there's not much to go off of; I don't know how to describe the situation any better. The sound is maybe better described as a leaf stuck in a bicycle wheel and not a card. I might just have to get a mechanic take it for a spin.

 
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Does it get more pronounced if you turn circles in a parking lot? Try turning circles while going in reverse? CV joints click when they go bad.