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You have a vaccum leak. When you step on the brake, vaccum is being used to help the power assist, thus lessening the amount in the engine available to leak. The reason it goes away when you accelerate is that vaccum drops low on acceleration too.

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Q: Why does your car make a whistle noise when driving but goes away when stepping on brakes or gas?
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