Everytime my rpms drop a little below 800rpm I get a rattley noise coming from the front somewhere. Someone told me it is the exhaust gasket that connects the header to the rest of the exhaust (from what I understood). Does anyone know what exhaust gasket to order? Or is it another problem?

 

In all honesty, it could be a lot of things. The best thing to do is to think about what mods you did in the past that couldve caused the new rattle.

 

how often do ur rpms drop bellow 800?

 

Sometimes when I push in the clutch the rpms will drop to about 400-500, makes that rattle noise, then back up to 800. I'll make a vid and hope you can hear the rattle in it.

 

My rattling was the hood, dont have experiences with S2K's but, just try to listen for it.

 

i think what ur talking about is the noise right b4 the engine stalls. im pretty sure ur fine. i get a rattle too. not sure if its he same as urs but its been like that in my old S and in my current one im not too worried.

 

mine seems to only drop that low right after i start it up when the engine is warm...never stalls though and its done it the 4 years ive had the car so i just look at it as an S2Kism

 

^My S does that too

I'll make a vid today of the rattling.

 

just another quirk of the car it sounds like bro

 

mine does it too, once you start it the rpm drop almost stall and rattles. then its fine. sometimes it does it twice

 

im fairly certain it has something to do with that stupid air pump ****

 

maybe ur engine mount is broken

 

no way its just the norm. its a extra hard vibration since the engine is about to stal or stall and something rattles for s split second no bigs. almost sounds like a knock

 

generally this super low idle rattle is some portion of the exhaust hitting a heat shield that has seen its better years. those heat shields are made of such cheap steel generally, I'd start there if you are concerned.

 

Mine does the same thing its just the S2K's way of saying hit the gas or I am stalling

 

^ wrong the ecu is constantly learning so if its gona stall u let it stall

 

What i meant was if I feel that vibration I know am lugging the engine and the rpm is too low. Same thing happens with any standard transmission vehicle.

 

I get the rattle sometimes. I let it rattle. The rattle goes away. the end.

 

how is this possible when it happens on startup? am i expected to rev it a little to keep it up

 

a worn out timing chain tensioner can cause a rattle like this. it's a common thing. look over on s2ki.com for some more info if you can't find any on here. you can either buy a new one that will wear out again, or service your current one, or buy a modified one.

 

a worn out timiming chain tensioner sounds like a card in a bicycle spoke...i wouldnt say its a rattle

 

It actually does sound like a rattling heat sheild but I checked and didn't see anything loose. I'll look again then take a vid. busy week..

 

Have you got an ETD on there? Mine came loose and rattled like crazy when the revs dipped.

 

Turns out it was the spark cover..

 

go ****ing figure lol