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Just curious......are you really hearing a pinging sound or a faint
clicking sound? IMHO Rain will not drown out an engine ping that
easily. As others have posted, do check the heat shields (if they on
the way out they start with a faint rattle, and it may not come on
when the metal is being splashed with water on and off). On my 91
Civic I get a faint clicking sound when my gas tank is 1/4 tank or
lower (especially when I accelerate on the highway). It turned out
that the sound was coming from the purge control solenoid valve. It
was just doing its job. I am not familiar with your model, but you may
also have similar solenoid valves mounted on the engine side of the
firewall. Someone with sharp ears or someone attuned to the noise
pattern can hear it...others won't. Just a thought.


Steve Lee <hate@spam.com> wrote in message news:<r0knkv432s7r5mvr9t15glku0edea5hhrk@4ax.com>. ..
> I've posted about my pinging noise problem with my '03 Pilot here in
> here many times in the past and would like to thank all those who
> replies with their thoughts. Even though I haven't been able to get
> rid of the noise, I learned alot from your replies.
>
> But what I've noticed is that, when the fuel is relatively low, say
> with the guage reading about 1/4 or less, I noticed that my pinging
> noise gets louder than when the fuel tank is full. I've confirmed
> this with the last three fill-ups to make sure. Also, when the fuel
> is relatively low, the pinging noise sometimes even develops into a
> little crackle and I immediately let go of the gas from the noise
> startling me a little.
>
> As I've said in the past, the pinging noise isn't that loud at all,
> and you do have to listen for it. But it's definitely there.
>
> Have you guys ever heard of any noise issues being related to the gas
> tank being about 1/4 empty or less? Thanks to E. Meyer et. al, my
> window/door squeak/scrunch noise seems to be gone. Now, I just have
> this pinging noise to deal with and wanna get rid of it so badly.
>
> Any input or thoughts would be much appreciated.