Car making rattling noise
Matthewfalle
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Right, car afficionados, here is one for you.
MF was getting the serious power down in his Honda Accord earlier (he thinks its 10 years old, 50,000 miles, always fully serviced) and its started making a rattling noise from what seems the back end.
Its not graunching or rubbing like its pads down to metal sort of thing, no funny stuff with handling, but intermittent rattling like you're shaking a tin can full of bits of metal, so he's guessing exhaust/catalyser. Came on suddenly.
Doesn't happen all the time, still revs through and sits on the limiter when he's getting serious power down, VTEC (no, not that VTEC) works fine.
He reckons that if it is the catalyser he'll live with it by just turning the stereo up when he's playing his banging tunes. or just get an aftermarket silencer and throw the broken exhaust and catalyser into next door's garden after smashing it with a hammer and setting fire to it with fire.
Waddya say?
MF was getting the serious power down in his Honda Accord earlier (he thinks its 10 years old, 50,000 miles, always fully serviced) and its started making a rattling noise from what seems the back end.
Its not graunching or rubbing like its pads down to metal sort of thing, no funny stuff with handling, but intermittent rattling like you're shaking a tin can full of bits of metal, so he's guessing exhaust/catalyser. Came on suddenly.
Doesn't happen all the time, still revs through and sits on the limiter when he's getting serious power down, VTEC (no, not that VTEC) works fine.
He reckons that if it is the catalyser he'll live with it by just turning the stereo up when he's playing his banging tunes. or just get an aftermarket silencer and throw the broken exhaust and catalyser into next door's garden after smashing it with a hammer and setting fire to it with fire.
Waddya say?
Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour
smithy21 wrote:
He's right you know.
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You drive an Accord??!
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Its the dog/bike/bambini/dump runner/shopping car. All the stuff he doesn't want to do in the AMG.
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour
He's just taken it for a hack and the rattling has stopped and it doesn't seem to be handling too bad (for an Accord). Still sitting at 70 on the limiter in second so that was a worthwhile and very adult/mature test of whether his car was broken. Not sure what it was meant to prove though.
Its also sitting all square as well - no sagging on any corner, but would it sag if the strut was broken?
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour
My skills are limited to unplugging cables and plugging them back in, or turning the ignition off then on again.
I am not sure. You have no chance.
Thank you but too tinny rattly rather than loose parts rattle.
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour
MF had a few stuck under there before and always found they whine rather than rattle.
The car also doesn't smell of effluent so discounting Brexiteers option.
Thank you anyway.
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour
Is it expensive to fix? Can he still pull wheelspins and handbrake turns in safety?
Hope it's not that. He'll never stop going on about it.
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour
(Where's that Botster the Nth when you fancy a troll-fight?)
Or it’s probably a small hole in the exhaust and don’t worry about it, chap. It’s a Honda and must be thrashed within an inch of its life.
Pour glass of wine, and....relax.
Very good points very well presented. Merci beaucoup. MF will probably wait until a bank holiday to do that as the extra day of waiting for someone to clear up the mess will prove brilliantly inconvenient.
I must admit for a Honda estate when you are using the flappy paddle mode and just flooring it everywhere it is quite good fun in a barge like way. Catcxhes out the boy racers when this barge comes flying past them at a million revs.
MF was saying that in the 40,000 miles he's had it this is the first glitch so overall he doesn't mind too much.
Still, fire it is. And a pick elf. A large one.
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour
150: huzzah!
800: censored .
If its that best get a trailer for the Merc.
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour
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Which MF?
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour
On a serious note, if I have a rattle and given that my trolley jack limits what I can do, I take my car to my local ATS. They are excellent at isolating rattles.
grazie! i like this logic.
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour
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Why does she like SG and is not besotted with MF?
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De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour
Mrs V68 is sometimes very wise, but sometimes lacks understanding of drunken husbands. Makes no sense to me.
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but mf is such a better catch tham SG
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De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour
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much like lulu is a shyyt singer.
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour
Does she belong in the other thread? We need to know!
I am not sure. You have no chance.
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