Re: what the heck is that sound?

[Dan <dan@angband.org>]

On Thu, Mar 09, 2000 at 10:06:35PM -0800, Sean Porter wrote:
> 
> 	I know these cars are old, but this sound is sooo annoying...
> 
> 	Just recently (or maybe I just hadn't noticed it) everytime I under-rev
> (even just alittle) I get this gross empty rattling sound.  If I step on the
> gas at that point, it just gets worse and doesn't go away till my revs are
> way up.  I have no idea what it is, except I hear it a lot on older cars.  I
> hate it!  Anyone know what I'm talking about?  Any way to fix it?  It just
> sounds almost like a can rattling or something... doesn't sound good.

Bet ya a 6pack it's a bad catalytic converter. the element inside breaks
and pieces rattle around.  Crawl underneath and tap it with a mallet and
see if you hear anything. Mine is currently gutted for this exact reason,
and conseqently fails the new emissions test (but it still would have
passed the old test.) Unless they do your emissions testing on a rolling
dyno, I wouldnt worry too much about just breaking up whatver pieces are
left and dumping them.

Dan

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