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i got some kind of rattling sound coming from either the engine bay or under the car somewhere....??

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Old 07-02-2001, 05:58 PM
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Default i got some kind of rattling sound coming from either the engine bay or under the car somewhere....??

what could it be.....

my dealer said it might be the exhaust...

it's like a knocking noise....

please help!!!!
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Cracked heat shield?
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when my car is in park, and the engine is running... that is when you can mostly hear it....
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Default Probably a broken heat shield bracket on the ex. manifold.

There three ways to fix.

1) pull engine & replace manifold
2) get VERY talented welder to weld the hard-to-get-to bracket.
3) remove bracket (only know of one person doing this).
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