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MattGTP04

MattGTP04

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I hate to be the guy with all the questions, but I guess somebody has to be.

Last night while driving home from work, I stopped at a light with my windows down. It became apparent that there was a rattle coming from the front of the car. I experimented on the rest of the drive, and noticed it went away when I increased the throttle, but still happened when stopped and at idle. I looked under the hood when I got back but didn't notice anything unusual, but it sounded like it was coming from below or behind the engine, not up top. Any thoughts guys? I'll be glad to give more info if you need.
 




See that's the weird part. I work mostly on small engines so I'm not as good with diagnosing larger engines. But it is a rhythmic rattle at idle, like tick-a-tick. (Sorry lol) but when I increase the throttle it goes away
 
Check your coolant and your oil level and see where they are. Both make ticking noises when they are extremely low.
 


Well if it was a lifter noise, it would be coming from the top of the motor. Are you sure it's not coming from the top?
 


Well actually that's what I would do. Somebody else might chime in and say to try something else before tearing into it. Can you post a video of the noise?
 
Aren't the 3800 injectors known to be really noisy? Mine are always ticking away like crazy.

I'm not sure if they'd be loud enough to hear with the hood closed and in your car with the windows down though...
 
Finally got a video of it. It's not the best example though. It's so sporadic. Some days it will be 3x as loud, others it can't be heard at all. Today it was somewhere in between. More on the quiet side for sure. You can start to hear it around 0:40 into the video.

2004 Grand Prix GTP Mystery Sound: http://youtu.be/O7CkiRYoh50
 
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