clstyle

i her a rattling noise

what can this be

CLpower

motor mount, axle, could be a lot of things

clstyle

did you ever have this problem

Stapler

Is there a vibration associated with it. Or is it just a noice. Also is it a ticking noise possibly. Also can you tell what side of the car its comming from.

dennis

If you start to accelerate at low RPM's you will feel the car shake.

Start off reving at a higher RPM. Maybe it'll fix the problem. Let us know what's up.

SooDARK

yeah, i think your just bogging. I do it on accident every once in a while.

clstyle

its coming from right underneath the car
and it rattles

the car does not vibrate tho,

anybody know
sounds like something is loose
it rattles
as iam accelerating

fusionnv

I think i know wat u talking about, it might be ur cat cover that is loose. A lot of Clers on this board have it or had it. Most muffler places can either replace it or do something to keep it from vibrating.

dennis

Cat cover? Never heard of it....

Do you mean cataylic converter?

fusionnv

Yeah, there is a cover over it usually. If it is still on there. That is the problem I have, i probably do it later on. For me on my auto, it makes the sound when I am at 2000 rpm. Then goes away.

Melanie

heat shield?

Thats what mine is doing now, i think a bolt rusted off or something. It sounds really loud but doesnt make the car shake or anything

clstyle

how can you take car of this problem

and how much can i expect to pay?

fusionnv

It depends on how good of a job you want them to do.

1) remove the cover, probably lots of cutting and rethreading, this is a bit time consuming. It depends on how much rust you have and how stuck the cover is.

2) You can just have them rip it off. It not really a too good of an idea, because there is a chance if u drive over something like grass or wood, u can set it on fire or it might fall off or get damaged. I had a crappy car before and did this for a year with no problems, but I am not responsible!!!

3) Or you can have them kinda figure out some way to take out the rust and try to weild or rescrew some spots to keep it from moving.

I personally is going to do #1 but the guy said it an about an hour charge + the cover. The previous owner got brand new piping done and everything. It looks spotless, but the damn cat cover looks like was untouched, is like super rusted, he probably did that due to cost.

Melanie

If its the heat shield my Dad fixed mine with a coat hanger



No, I'm serious, he did.

fusionnv

Yeah a couple of people i heard did it that method. Not exactly sure how to wrap it. Dunno if anybody got a tutorial for this ghetto fix. LOL

robertpel9

it is your heat sheild, just rip it off and be done with it. I park on grass at least once a week and have no issues. If you tighten it up it will only come loose again. Most hondas and acura have this problem eventually jsut rip it off they arent necessary. My vette sits like 3 inclhes off the gorund i have no heat shields at all on that either and no problems and that get a lot hotter than my cl which i already ripped the cl's off of.

SooDARK

Yeah, I took mine off too. It rattled like a bitch.