Ominous Rattle

[SMiFFAD]

Now, this scares me, cos when this happens to an s13 200sx people start crying and muttering "big ends" and "shot"....and then they rebuild their engines...not something i fancy.

I dont think it has the same characteristics though, doesnt seem to happen at about 2K like the sx rattle. Basically, i blip the throttle slightly it revs up to say 1500rpm and gently settles, but thre is a rattle as the revs go down, quite an agricultural sound....someone reassure me and tell me it supposed to do that.......i dont feel like crying today......

Cheers,

Adam

[Bibbs]

have you tried tapping the heat shield with a stick?

The rain cover for my air filter rattles at some revs as I've lost one of the bolts for it ..

[Titto]

Adam,

Mine had a similar noise about 2 weeks ago from the rear of the car - It turned out to be the Cat shield which has fallen off on the left hand side....

Cheers

Adam

[SMiFFAD]

Hmm haddnt thought of that.......wont be the cat shield cos its not got one though ;)

Will have a hunt around at the weekend, although im still convinced its the engine

[CraigT]

I got this about a week ago. Sounded like a leaf caught in the boot grill.

Anyway I checked it out the next day and it turned out to be a leave caught in the boot grill of all things. Crazy.