Rattling sounds
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Original Poster:

114 posts

222 months

Sunday 18th January 2009
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Evening all

Noticing when starting the car from cold a couple of rattling noises. One seems to be from the engine which i think gets quieter as she warms up.

The 2nd set i'm pretty sure is from the cold exhausts which rattle when low revs or pulling away. Again this seems to go once they warmed up.

The final one seems to be from the back of the boot maybe possibly passenger side and sounds like a hollow banging sound when going over bumps in the road.

Are these common to other T350 owners....? Am thinking perhaps the exhaust bracket has broken and needs fixing?

Any thoughts welcome

Cheers guys

Dan

salsoul

184 posts

251 months

Sunday 18th January 2009
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The exhaust noise is pretty common as the exhausts sit so close to the chassis, usually the exhaust just needs adjusting slightly or the centre rear rubber might need replacing.

Pharoah

359 posts

298 months

Sunday 18th January 2009
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Could be the engine mounts - do a search on here for more info..

J_S_G

6,177 posts

279 months

Monday 19th January 2009
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Third and final one is the exhaust hangar/rubbers/something like that. As mentioned, it sits a bit close and can knock. That's possibly point (2) as well, depending on what's perished/dropped/etc.

They're all a bit rattly from cold, so you'd probably need to describe a bit better to get a random diagnosis on that one. wink