hey, my car rattles form the take off and then it stops. its not from the motor and after i go about 20 it stop and take off it starts again \

does ne1 kno wuts wrong
thenk


normal driving , i think that it might be the cv joint it cant be the heat shield because i dont have one on yet .


Modified by ektuner303 at 10:01 PM 8/1/2005

 

what you are experincing is wheel hop. This is from you launching too hard and the motor vibrating the hell outta your drivetrain. You can fix it by slipping the clutch and not dumping it. Get better better motor mounts, and front sway bars Help to I beleive. This is common on alot of cars even rear wheel drive vehicels.

Actually re-reading your statement again I'm not sure if your experincing wheel hop. When you launch are you dumping the clutch and the the whole car shakes violently? or is it when you just go launch normal and the car is like hesitating?

 

what's from a take off mean?? a dead stop and launch? or normal driving?

 

You may have bad motor mounts, among other things.

 

Catalytic converter heat shield?

 

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Yeah, that's what I thought.. When I hear rattling, I think heatshield. I believe when you dump the clutch the car jerks feriously.

 

it doesnt hesaite it just makes a clacking sound when i step on the gas and when i let go of the gas pedal the sound is gone, and the car doesnt shake violently just the claking sound ..... the sound only comes from passenger wheel side and i cant make sure where the sound is comin from.

 

does it happen when making sharp corners? if so I'd suspect the cv joints

 

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My car has started doing this recently too. It only does it for about a second when I take off, and only when the engine is cold. I was thinking heat shield too, but if it was it would do it when warm too, and also when going over speedbumps. I don't know what it is either. It's not really a big deal to me, but I would like to fix it if possible. That, combined with squeaky bushings (sometimes) makes it sound like I drive a shitbox. I have ES bushings already and they'll be changed soon, but I can't for the life of me figure out the rattly shitbox sound...