Skilltagz Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 Hey y'all, I recently bought my first car, an '01 Pathfinder LE. It's in pretty mint condition save a couple issues. I'm new to automotive work and I was wondering if any of y'all know what my problem is. Basically the problem is when I decelerate to a stop, from about 20km to standing there is a rattling sound. When I had it checked before I bought it my mechanic said it was the exhaust, how would I go about getting rid of the sound? It's not causing me any real inconvenience, it's just annoying as all hell I've looked through the forums but I haven't really found anything relating to my problem. Thank y'all in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backpacker Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 Does it should like it's coming from under the car, or where the engine is? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skilltagz Posted February 3, 2017 Author Share Posted February 3, 2017 I think from under the car? I'm not entirely sure, it's kind of hard to tell from in the passenger compartment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slartibartfast Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 I'd have a look underneath for rusted-off pipes or busted exhaust hangers. I had a couple bad hangers in my '93, and after fixing them, the exhaust pipe rattled against the tow bar. Maybe the exhaust sagged without those mounts, I don't know. Once the hangers were fixed I just gave the pipe a couple good shoves with my foot until it bent far enough to quit rattling. If you want to find the rattle, get under there and work the exhaust around by hand, chances are you'll find what it's hitting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPB.88 Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 ^^ I was going to say the same thing as Slartibartfast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vagabond Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 possibly cat coming apart they will rattle when they start to come apart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skilltagz Posted February 7, 2017 Author Share Posted February 7, 2017 Thanks all for the tips Oddly enough, it stopped the drive after I asked. Murphy's law in a way? Hopefully nothing important fell off haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleFR Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 Heat shield. My exhaust shop cut mine off when I got the new pipes. Usually when they start rattling the bottom falls off and the top can be ripped off by hand when exhaust is cold. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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