Spent $1,500 trying to solve this......
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Spent $1,500 trying to solve this......
Yea so i have spent almost $1,500 trying to get rid of this grinding noise from my civic.
my civic : 96 lx 4dr sedan
So when i do a hard acceleration from 0-20 mph...i hear this pipe rattling grinding noise...from the bottom of my car...
I have changed my old heat shield, new muffler and got new engine mounts...and i still hear it...
i dont know wat to do..and its driving me nuts...its not so annoying but i would like my car to sound how it did..when i first got it......
any advice........
my civic : 96 lx 4dr sedan
So when i do a hard acceleration from 0-20 mph...i hear this pipe rattling grinding noise...from the bottom of my car...
I have changed my old heat shield, new muffler and got new engine mounts...and i still hear it...
i dont know wat to do..and its driving me nuts...its not so annoying but i would like my car to sound how it did..when i first got it......
any advice........
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I had the same thing on my Civic. It was coming from the hanger by the catalytic converter. Cost me $20 in parts. Only happened in the 0 - 15 mph range or occassionally when idling.
Also make sure all of your expansion fittings on the exhaust are tight, a lot of mine weren't and just tightening those eliminated all the rattling I had in my exhaust.
Also make sure all of your expansion fittings on the exhaust are tight, a lot of mine weren't and just tightening those eliminated all the rattling I had in my exhaust.
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Dood!!!
This sounds just like what I'm experiencing. It's exactly that rattle noise. I thought it was the tranny about to break down or something.
You can't hear it during idle but once you accelerate 0-20mph it makes a rattling/Tat tat tat noise. But it's not from the back that I'm hearing this. It's very much in the front/engine bay area.
So, all we have to do is replace the hanger? How do we know for sure?
This sounds just like what I'm experiencing. It's exactly that rattle noise. I thought it was the tranny about to break down or something.
You can't hear it during idle but once you accelerate 0-20mph it makes a rattling/Tat tat tat noise. But it's not from the back that I'm hearing this. It's very much in the front/engine bay area.
So, all we have to do is replace the hanger? How do we know for sure?
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Re: Spent $1,500 trying to solve this......
See the 2 metal prongs? That is where the front hanger goes. As you can tell, I need a new one. lol
The back:
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