Here is one for ya, rattle in the dash/firewall
05-06-2008, 10:45 PM
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Here is one for ya, rattle in the dash/firewall At first startup you don't hear it, but after a bit you can here a fairly rapid plastic-sounding tapping/rattling deep in the dash someplace.
Not coming from the motor, you don't hear it outside the car, it doesn't change with RPMs (though going faster drowns it out
) and it did it with both the old motor and the new one.
Not the blower, turned that off and it was still there.
If I jerk the car a bit (like at a stop I I release then hit the brake real quick) it'll sometimes go away, however recently it doesn't go away much anymore.
When it is tapping/vibrating, you can hear motor noise more clearly, almost like there is an opening to the engine compartment. When the noise isn't there, it sounds like a solid wall between you and the motor like normal.
Any ideas? Anyone heard of this? I was just dealing with it at first since it was pretty minor but now it is getting on my nerves.
Not coming from the motor, you don't hear it outside the car, it doesn't change with RPMs (though going faster drowns it out
) and it did it with both the old motor and the new one.Not the blower, turned that off and it was still there.
If I jerk the car a bit (like at a stop I I release then hit the brake real quick) it'll sometimes go away, however recently it doesn't go away much anymore.
When it is tapping/vibrating, you can hear motor noise more clearly, almost like there is an opening to the engine compartment. When the noise isn't there, it sounds like a solid wall between you and the motor like normal.
Any ideas? Anyone heard of this? I was just dealing with it at first since it was pretty minor but now it is getting on my nerves.
05-06-2008, 10:49 PM
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i would suggest taking your dash off and look for any wiring harness clips or peices that have broken off and are just getting thrown around. really not sure but i will do research and let you know when i figure it out.
05-06-2008, 11:17 PM
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Yeah that's gonna be the hard part and a pain to tear the thing apart. I knew I could just tear it down and look for it but I thought I'd check here first to see if anyone had some clues as to what it might be so I could possibly avoid tearing the whole thing apart on a wild goose chase.
05-06-2008, 11:24 PM
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hA ha yea and thats when you mess up some crap but i bet its not too hard and you cant second guess yourself or youll forget how to do sumthin or forget how to put it together again. lol
