Re: Rattling A4

[Andrew Duane USG/PE <duane@zk3.dec.com>]

Hairy green toads from Mars made Alexei M Voloshin say:
> 
> Perhaps it is a loose heat shield on the catalytic converter.
> Usually happends on much older cars, but give it a try.

> On Tue, 7 Jan 1997, Lynn Preston wrote:
> > I have a 96 A4 Q, that makes a small rattling noise under modderate to 
> > hard acceleration, the problem most often occurs while the car is still 
> > cold but is sometimes noticable while hot. It sounds as if it is coming 
> > from the transmission or exhaust system but not the engine compartment. 
> > I am wondering if anyone else has expierenced this annoyance and if so 
> > what can be done about it.

On my '90 90Q20V, it was not the cat heat shield, but a small
heat shield that surronds a length of the exhaust downpipe from
the manifold. This length went by some cables that needed extra
heat protection.

I just squeezed it with my hands (COLD!!!!) until it stopped rattling.

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