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Old 08-19-2006, 03:03 PM
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Ok guys time to help me out before I take a torch and burn my car to the ground. im getting ready to sell it to my best friends mom but theres this rattle that I wanna fix before she gets it and test drives etc. etc.

It sounds like tis comming from under the center console (A4) and its a rattle like something banging on metal. it doesnt happen all the time but is most prone to rattle when ideling, sitting still, or when im giving it some gas at a constant speed. Im not sure what it could be so I need yall to reccomend me a few things to check.

1996 Camaro A4 114k miles if that is worth anything to help track down the rattle
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bump really need some advice on this one fellas
Old 08-20-2006, 03:43 PM
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Check the cross brace that goes underneath the exhaust pipe. Its right near where a clamp should be.
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finally a reply! thanks, I'll be sure to check that
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On my last fbody it was the problem. When I added a catback, the clamp on the catback would hit it and as the motor mounts wore it sounded like a machine gun. I just ditched the brace.
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im hoping its just the clamp. but under accelration (over 3/4 throttle) it bangs hard. sounds like it wants to come through the floor and my first thought was the catback banging the driveshaft but ive looked at all that before and nothing touching so i was at a complete loss of whats wrong
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I had a bad rattle coming from my o2's...little RTV sealant will stop the rattle if that's the prob.
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Sounds like the Y-pipe to me.
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any reccomendations on what to do if it is the y pipe banging?
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Originally Posted by Tainted
any reccomendations on what to do if it is the y pipe banging?
Well, I thought I saw long tubes in your sig, but looks like I was wrong, so maybe it's not the Y-pipe after all. You could get underneath your car to check it out for sure. If if is the Y-pipe, some people use this from Thunder Racing: http://www.thunderracing.com/catalog...&sid=528#P3780
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Originally Posted by Tainted
under accelration (over 3/4 throttle) it bangs hard. sounds like it wants to come through the floor
Sounds like you need a new transmission mount




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