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Originally posted by rbort
Mike:
I had a rattle in my car and it was due to the front exhaust "muffler" rotting out on the inside and having loose metal parts in it. At certain rpms, it would rattle like that. Check the front exhaust muffler to make sure its not from there.
Let us know what you find out!
-=>Raja.
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You were bang on - a small hole was gradually developing at the point where the downpipe turns horizontal. I checked fiting and saw the forward mid-section was welded to the aft mid-section so buying new pipe was ruled out as it would likely mean two new sections (I bet the join would be very messy if the parts were seperated). Anyway the hole was very small - about a 20 mm long and a 8 mm wide. I bought a repair kit (6 euro), sanded clean the pipe slapped on the goo afixed the flexible surround with 2 jubilee clips put on some goo around the edges and let it set hard naturally. The rattle has gone and so has the smell by the drivers door! Cheap but effective.
Mike.