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Weird noise on startup

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Hi everyone,

Recently bought my first ep3 on Tuesday and ever since I bought it, there has been this funny noise on startup and only on cold startups. If I run the car for a while and turn it on it doesn’t happen, the car seems to be driving 100%. Just wondering if anyone knows what this could be ?

Here’s a sound clip

https://vimeo.com/462305971
 
I have had my CTR since 2007, it happened the first day I started her up after purchase and still to this day it happens when the cars been cold and hasn't warmed up yet. Even if I drive for 5 mins to my local petrol station, turn her off and back on, still have the noise haha. I think its common on these cars from what I read many years ago. I don't think I have had any issues with my CTR because of it. Let's call it a quirk and feature :)
 
Hi everyone,

Recently bought my first ep3 on Tuesday and ever since I bought it, there has been this funny noise on startup and only on cold startups. If I run the car for a while and turn it on it doesn’t happen, the car seems to be driving 100%. Just wondering if anyone knows what this could be ?

Here’s a sound clip

https://vimeo.com/462305971

I've had my ep3 nearly 7 years always makes noise on cold mornings. Asking few honda specialists and reading on forums. It's either tensioner rattle, the vtc gear cam, or the starter motor doing extra turn overall I've had noises on start up with starter motor making noise. Dont let the noise put you off the car enjoy it.
 
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