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Hey.... i have an '03 Civic and noticed a whistling noise when idle. It sounds like its comming from the tacometer but im not sure. i took it to the dealer and they said that it could be my power steering pump, nothing wrong with it i just want to know if anyone else has this happen
it could be an '03 thing because of the new gauges but who knows.

the noise is annoying though

 
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Yer Civic is trying to lure you to becoming it's slave with it's seductive siren call.

Resist! Resist!

 
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never happend in my 01, but i always have the radio on loud too

 
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heard the same noise before but only when im outside the car, i think its from the stock muffler.
another whistling sound came from the power steering pump when its turned in full. its a '01 though and many sounds come mostly from the plastic interior creaking

 
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A whistling tachometer... I don't get it, does it whistle when you need to shift?

 
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I know what your talking about, I think. I think mine comes from my intake but it only does it when my engine is cold. Once the engine warms up, sounds normal.

 
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Maybe we got our first member with a whistle tip muffler!

Da whistles goes WOOOOO WOOOOOOOOOOO!

 
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Yeah when my car is cold I can hear the intake whistle a little but once it warms up it is ok.

 
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LoL, wooo wooo, its nothin like that haha, its just a whistle when i am idling. i just thought maybe somebody had the same prob, its nothing seriouse and i know its the power steering pump, it stops when i turn the wheel all the way. and i dont have one of those gay *** whistling mufflers LoL

 
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u sure it's not just ur fan turning on? cause when idling, there's no wind blowing at radiator so fan turns on...

 
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I have an 03 and mine has a whistle too, once my revs get above about 2500 i cant hear it anymore and you can't hear it outside the car, my honda dealer has already replaced the power steering pump and that did not fix the whistle.

 
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I have a 03 civic also and it does the same thing, I hear it at idle but if I give it some gas it goes away. When I brought it for an oil change I had the dealer sit in the car and listen, he said he didnt hear anything wrong.

 
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thank you, finally someone who knows what im talking about, i just dont understand why it does it and it does go away when i give it gas, its kinda annoying but shoot, most of the time ive got the windows down or the radio up so im not going to worry about it