hello everyone i just purchased a 1996 Honda civic hatch and while driving i have discovered a rattling noise mostly accelerating and going from second to third gear but when the car is traveling at a constant speed there is no noise. i would describe the noise like a rattling coffe can kind of. i was thinking that it is the cat? becaue the guy i purchased the car from just replaced the exhaust and its still loud. is this a possibility?


thank you all!!


-shawn

 

does the whole car shake or is it just a noise
could be exhaust hitting something like your shift linkage
or if it shakes the car it could be axles or mounts

 

Could be a heat shield.

 

well if its just a rattling sound then like the guy said above its prolly your heat shield...mine was rattling as well when i first got it and it was my heat shield.

 

listen to this guy

 

good call guys!! it was the heat shield! it was rusted and hitting on my cat.

thanks!

 

:thumbup"

It seems to be pretty common on these cars. I remember Christmas Eve a few years back pulling over and yanking my heat shield off the car.

 

weight reduction ftw! lol

 

haha sounds like thats what im going to have to do!

 

Happened on my EJ1 as well.. Just tore that biatch off..

 

hey everyone i have another question. i took off the shield and its still making the sound. i was wondering if it could be the cat? because it is very loud for having a stock exhaust and just replacing the muffler. so could the cat be making it louder?

thanks for the help its appreciated!

 

Did you get all of the shield? It should be a two piece. Remembering from my EX coupe, it went up and around the O2 sensor, so we used tin snips on that part.

 

bump for a problem solved!

 

i only got the front part because that was the part that was loose.
do you think i should take off the other one too??

 

Just get underneath the car and rattle stuff around, or just put both the front wheels up with jackstands and start the thing (don't do anything stupid, like putting it in gear :p), you can't miss it then...