Guest rabbit Guests Posted 12/08/04 02:48 AM Share Posted 12/08/04 02:48 AM or all Falcons?I have an XR6 (NA) and at idle I get a vibration from the engine bay. rabbit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Member 187 Member For: 20y 6m 19d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 12/08/04 03:08 AM Share Posted 12/08/04 03:08 AM (edited) rabbit, the rattle is coming from the exhaust system heat shield, I have taken mine off to stop this noise. Edited 12/08/04 03:24 AM by Hitman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falchoon I see red Member 5,758 Member For: 21y 4m 8d Location: nowhere in particular Posted 12/08/04 03:19 AM Share Posted 12/08/04 03:19 AM Not sure if n/a has the same heatsheild on exhaust as turbos but it seems to be a reasonably common problem with them rattling. Mine did, dealer tightened them up at service time, next service they were rattling again so they replaced them (warranty). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris xr6 Member 376 Member For: 20y 26d Location: Shire Posted 12/08/04 04:26 AM Share Posted 12/08/04 04:26 AM or all Falcons?I have an XR6 (NA) and at idle I get a vibration from the engine bay. rabbit. I had a rattle in mine also when I took the heat shield off I found that the actual manifold was loose, it is in two pieces the bolts between the two halves were loose as well as the actual bolts going into the cylinder head! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voy74656 voy74656 Member 2,039 Member For: 20y 5m 7d Location: Adelaide Posted 12/08/04 05:59 AM Share Posted 12/08/04 05:59 AM My heatshield is loose as well...gotta get it fixed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ba XR6 Guests Posted 12/08/04 06:35 AM Share Posted 12/08/04 06:35 AM mine is aswell been done 4 times and I am sick of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turb06 Dark Knight Mafia Member No. - 666 Member 3,667 Member For: 21y 1m 30d Location: Toowoomba Posted 12/08/04 12:28 PM Share Posted 12/08/04 12:28 PM rabbit, the rattle is coming from the exhaust system heat shield, I have taken mine off to stop this noise. I would be careful about removing the heat shield, it was put there for a reason, and if anything fails, like some sort of hose or whatever because you removed it, the dealer wont cover your warranty. I would put it back on and get it tightened every time it comes loose. Mine has come loose once and hasnt come loose since it was tightened up 20,000klms ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordak Member 1,226 Member For: 19y 10m 15d Posted 12/08/04 12:45 PM Share Posted 12/08/04 12:45 PM mine is aswell been done 4 times and I am sick of it Hoist it up, bend the heatshield away from anywhere it touches the exhaust until the rattle stops (trial & error) prob. solvered. 10mins, $10 for using the hoist and you've still retained an amicable relationship with your dealer just in case you actually need them to do something for you in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rabbit Guests Posted 12/08/04 01:16 PM Share Posted 12/08/04 01:16 PM thanks for the info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Member 187 Member For: 20y 6m 19d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 13/08/04 02:42 AM Share Posted 13/08/04 02:42 AM I would be careful about removing the heat shield,turb06 mine was taken off by my ford dealer, I had it tightened about 7 times with no luck that’s including strapping it why they did that I have know idea “Strap broke after 2 days” . I have run my car with out the shield for about 10,000Klms and no problem.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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