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travelist1

I have a Nissan pulsar ls hatch which has done 208000 km. it has a noise that gets worse as the engine heats up .This goes away as the engine revs,Could it be a belt?

ABayliss

It's very difficult to say what this noise might be without hearing it. However, as it gets worse with increased temperature and only evident at idle, it doesn't sound belt-related (but anything's possible and it could be).
A couple of things that spring to mind as possibilities are perhaps an air leak on the intake somewhere or perhaps if it's a manual, maybe a clutch release bearing???
However, I can't really rule out anything (belt, mount, bearing, water pump etc, etc), so really, you need to have a mechanic listen to it and give you an opinion.