Recently, in the last 2 weeks, my manual 2000 Gt has started making some metallic rattling noises when driving. The noise sounds almost like a Bolt sitting in a hole without a nut bouncing around randomly. Its a metallic noise that appears relatively randomonly when in gear at low acceleration levels. Don't notice the nolse much at all when at a constant speed or at Idle. Hard acceleration probably makes the sound as well, but the exhaust note probably just hides the sound.
It sounds like its coming from right under the front seats. I've been under the car a few times trying to find a loose part or bolts to no avail. I did a lot of banging and yanking and didn't find any loose heat sheilds, cabling, or fastners, but one still could be hiding.
I'm getting a bit concerned that this sound could be coming from the tranny or clutch. I'm a bit naieve in regards to the internals of these things, but I would expect that a throw out bearing or pilot bearing would cause a much more consistant noise than what I'm hearing. Would the syncros cause such a noise (I can't get the noise to happen when at idle in neutral or even when revving in neutral) Does a Cat go bad, internally, and have a metal part that could be bouncing around inside?
Any thoughts?
It sounds like its coming from right under the front seats. I've been under the car a few times trying to find a loose part or bolts to no avail. I did a lot of banging and yanking and didn't find any loose heat sheilds, cabling, or fastners, but one still could be hiding.
I'm getting a bit concerned that this sound could be coming from the tranny or clutch. I'm a bit naieve in regards to the internals of these things, but I would expect that a throw out bearing or pilot bearing would cause a much more consistant noise than what I'm hearing. Would the syncros cause such a noise (I can't get the noise to happen when at idle in neutral or even when revving in neutral) Does a Cat go bad, internally, and have a metal part that could be bouncing around inside?
Any thoughts?