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Car rattles to a stop (exhaust leak?)

Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2010 1:29 pm
by snicholmeister
Had this problem ever since I got my FTO; it's been bugging me but doesn't appear to have any impact on function. Basically when I turn the motor off it sort of rattles to a stop - almost like a wheeze. It sounds like an exhaust related thing, but other than this the exhaust works/sounds great. The only other time it makes a similar noise is when I'm in too high a gear but going too slowly. I'm not even 100% sure it's the same thing but it does make a similar sound.

I did a quick search with no results... has anyone encountered anything like this?

As I said it doesn't seem to affect anything really, just sounds a little crappy when I turn my engine off :(

Re: Car rattles to a stop (exhaust leak?)

Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2010 8:55 am
by DaveO
sounds like a burnt out muffler or cat.
It will have some affect on the performence.

Re: Car rattles to a stop (exhaust leak?)

Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2010 10:33 pm
by snicholmeister
DaveO wrote:sounds like a burnt out muffler or cat.
It will have some affect on the performence.
I've got a 5zigen exhaust.. does that replace/include a cat?

If not, should I purchase a cat replacement pipe? Is there anything else that could cause this issue?

Re: Car rattles to a stop (exhaust leak?)

Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 8:29 am
by DaveO
Don't know about the 5zigen exhaust, but pretty sure about ware the rattles are coming from, if it's the exhaust thats rattling.