Car seems to gargle at low speeds (very strange sound)

andres2k · 07-06-2004, 05:37 PM

My baby is making a really weird sound that almost sounds like gargling with peices of metal. I pulled the car into my garage and let it idle and it seems to be coming from around the catalytic converter...next to the tranny. I dont know what it is, anybody have any ideas? If you rev the engine the sound gets louder and then slowly subsides till it just seems to be alternating from loud to soft when the car idles.

Halo · 07-09-2004, 03:47 PM

Definitely worth a trip to your service guy. They can put a stethoscope on it to refine the source. Could just be a heat shield but if it's coming from near the tranny, well, I don't need to finish that sentence do I?

07-06-2004, 05:37 PM	#1 (permalink)
andres2k Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 1	Car seems to gargle at low speeds (very strange sound) My baby is making a really weird sound that almost sounds like gargling with peices of metal. I pulled the car into my garage and let it idle and it seems to be coming from around the catalytic converter...next to the tranny. I dont know what it is, anybody have any ideas? If you rev the engine the sound gets louder and then slowly subsides till it just seems to be alternating from loud to soft when the car idles.

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07-09-2004, 03:47 PM	#2 (permalink)
Halo Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 610	Definitely worth a trip to your service guy. They can put a stethoscope on it to refine the source. Could just be a heat shield but if it's coming from near the tranny, well, I don't need to finish that sentence do I?