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Old Jan 2, 2004 | 09:54 PM
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Whenever I rev the motor, when the RPMs are dropping, I can hear this rattling under the car. The sound resembles small rocks, maybe 1/8" in diameter shaking around in a metal bucket. I can't really tell if its coming towards the front or the back. I'm thinking it has something to do with the exhaust maybe the tranny, I'm not sure. Anyone know what the problem could be, or what I could check? Thanks!
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Old Jan 2, 2004 | 10:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Ferocity02
Whenever I rev the motor, when the RPMs are dropping, I can hear this rattling under the car. The sound resembles small rocks, maybe 1/8" in diameter shaking around in a metal bucket. I can't really tell if its coming towards the front or the back. I'm thinking it has something to do with the exhaust maybe the tranny, I'm not sure. Anyone know what the problem could be, or what I could check? Thanks!
Yeah...I know just what you mean!!!?!?! I have had the same problem ever since I bought my 2000 WS.6 about a year ago. Mine even does it at idle sometimes. Got under the car and can't find the source. Does it sort of sound like a heat shield tapping or something? Do u have any exhaust mods? If you figure it out, let us/me know. It's really annoying and I'm sick of listening to it already.
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Old Jan 2, 2004 | 10:16 PM
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I had rattling problems when i still had a y-pipe setup. The y-pipe was banging on the little brace thing that is under it.
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Old Jan 2, 2004 | 10:29 PM
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yup thats exactly waht it is, its the y banging on that piece of stamped steel.. i got the BMR TUNNEL BRACE wich replaces that stamped metal piece of garbage, and walla the rattling was gone... u can pick the bmr brace up at thunderracing.com for like 89.99
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Old Jan 2, 2004 | 10:37 PM
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yeap its all in the exhaust, either the pipe hitting something or something not as tight as it could be
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Old Jan 2, 2004 | 11:15 PM
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Yeah...I know just what you mean!!!?!?! I have had the same problem ever since I bought my 2000 WS.6 about a year ago. Mine even does it at idle sometimes. Got under the car and can't find the source. Does it sort of sound like a heat shield tapping or something? Do u have any exhaust mods? If you figure it out, let us/me know. It's really annoying and I'm sick of listening to it already.
Ya, it also sounds like a heat shield os something quickly tapping the exhaust piping. I just have Flowmaster catback, don't flame me, I didnt put it on! The cutout makes it all good though.

Seems like it might be the y-pipe hitting the stamped steel tunnel brace, that is where the noise is coming from I think. Since the tunnel brace is useless I will probably take it off, or just make my own. I will let you know what happens. I'll probably mess with is tomarrow.
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Old Jan 2, 2004 | 11:24 PM
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If it sounds like rocks in a bucket, your catalytic converter has broken apart inside. Happened to me. Now I have hi, hi flow cats.
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Originally Posted by SouthFL.02.SS
If it sounds like rocks in a bucket, your catalytic converter has broken apart inside. Happened to me. Now I have hi, hi flow cats.
That what I thought too, but I gave it a few taps with a rubber mallet and didnt hear anything...
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You'd hardly be able to do anything with an LS1 if you didn't have a rubber mallet
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I removed the tunnel brace and got the same sound. There was at least an inch between the tunnel brace and the y-pipe or the torque arm. I figured out that it was the cutout, it isn't closing all the way and not making a good seal so its leaking and putting out a metalic sputtering sound.
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I have that same problem....The drivers side cat i think...Could this possible swallow a valve or something like that if back pressure sucked something back up or some how clogged something?
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High RPM unloaded... just the ticket for
an engine with slight oil control problems.
GM even implicates it in the "non-problem"
of high oil consumption. The super-wazoo
technicoated pistons and not overboring
#1 took care of all that, somewhere around
2001. Or not.
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