Exhaust squeek / rattle after warmup.
12-15-2005, 03:10 PM
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Exhaust squeek / rattle after warmup. Hi everyone,
I have the SLP loudmouth II bolt on exhaust on my 2001 Camaro SS. It was installed over the summer and I never had any problems with it. After I got the car back from the tranny shop I noticed that afte the car warms up it squeeks and chirps almost sounding like flipper the dolphin when I am at stop lights and going over bumps. I had this happen on another car long ago and the shop said they just loosened ell the bolts, twisted some of the pipes and re-secured them. I can do this, but is there anything else, or some product you can spray on to eliminate this?
I have the SLP loudmouth II bolt on exhaust on my 2001 Camaro SS. It was installed over the summer and I never had any problems with it. After I got the car back from the tranny shop I noticed that afte the car warms up it squeeks and chirps almost sounding like flipper the dolphin when I am at stop lights and going over bumps. I had this happen on another car long ago and the shop said they just loosened ell the bolts, twisted some of the pipes and re-secured them. I can do this, but is there anything else, or some product you can spray on to eliminate this?
12-15-2005, 03:36 PM
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Sounds to me that maybe while it was at the tranny shop they might have diconnected some of the clamps and left some loose, just get under there and re-tighten everything down. I've got the same exhaust and havent had that problem yet, but those clamps need to be checked and re-tightened every once and awhile. Also ck the y-pipe bracket that bolts to your tranny (m6, if thats what you have).
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I just wanted to update this in case someone searches this forum for an answer.
I found the problem. It turns out there is a heat shield under the fuel tank and when the exhaust was re-installed it sat about 1/16" away from the pipe cold. When the car would warm up I guess the pipes expand a bit and would just BARELY rub against the edge of this shield. I bent the corner of the shield closest to the exaust back out of the way and all is fine.
I found the problem. It turns out there is a heat shield under the fuel tank and when the exhaust was re-installed it sat about 1/16" away from the pipe cold. When the car would warm up I guess the pipes expand a bit and would just BARELY rub against the edge of this shield. I bent the corner of the shield closest to the exaust back out of the way and all is fine.
