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07-26-2014, 08:22 PM | #1 |
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Rattle sound from rear of car in idle
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Started to hear it on the freeway today when I had to stop due to traffic. It has continued ever since. If I give it throttle the sound goes away. Sounds like something is rattling but I can't figure out what. I had the car on ramps and checked the bolts and everything is fine. I didn't get too far back, could be from x-pipe to cats connection but not likely. Car drives perfectly fine and there are no leaks anywhere. The car has been sitting a while and the last time I drove the car it was perfectly fine. I didn't hit anything on the road. Best option is to get it on a lift to figure out where it is coming from. Anyone else run into this?
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07-27-2014, 11:17 AM | #2 |
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IF it goes away with throttle, I would say it almost has to be exhaust related. Can you put a heavy glove on and push/pull the exhaust up down and side to side to see if it changes?
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07-27-2014, 11:27 AM | #3 |
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I had similar symptoms... it turned out to be small rocks in the outer wall of the exhaust tips, which sucked to remove. hopefully yours isn't the same issue.
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07-30-2014, 09:07 PM | #4 |
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Thanks guys!
I got a chance to get under the car today. Took off the thin sheet metal shield and the bolts on the thicker black shield that holds the X-Pipe to the chassis were loose. Guess they came loose from vibrations or I didn't fully tighten them. Don't know. Put some lock tight on them and put it back together. Haven't taken it for a test drive yet but it sounded normal when I started it. Hopefully that was the issue ... if not will update the thread.
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