shortly after i start my car and press on the gas to drive there is a strange rattle going on under the hood, after a few minutes this rattle goes away completely.

so when i start my car i turn it on and let it run for a little bit to warm it up and that seems to work, does anyone have any idea what this could be?

 

it could be anything lose under the hood. have somebody start the car and you listen...

 

Heat shield somewhere? You live in NJ, the salt will do it.

 

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def could be a heatshield...you positive its coming from under the hood and not right under you?

 

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im pretty positive its coming from under the hood

someone told me i may need and oil change, which i think i do anyways..

but how would i fix it? tighten the heat shield, or take it off?

 

take it off...


i had a mystery rattle on my car a while ago, turned out some nuts on my passenger side quarter panel were loose.

 

someone else told me could be a clutch rattle?

does that happen?

 

If you have an auto shop you kinda trust, take it there for the oil
change and mention the rattle to them. Of course an honest mechanic
is important here, you don't want to be told you need a new transmission !
Unless you really do but I doubt it hehe...

 

It does it until it is warmed up. I would say, it's not the heat shield. I'm thinking more along the lines of valve rattle, due to lack of sufficient amounts of oil reaching them, until it is warmed up, allowing the oil to make it to the valves easier. I could be wrong though.

 

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Is it more a ticking sound?

 

I would check your exhaust heat shields, and any mount points. Mine was coming from where the exhaust mani mounts by the oil pan. When it heats up it expands and stops rattling.