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| Boxster Rattling From Passenger Rear Side kentv1 - 9 years ago |
I have a rattling sound from my '00 Boxster S, almost as if the trunk panel is flopping around. I hear it, of course, over bumpy roads or asphalt cracks. It could be coming from the rear passenger tire well. Is there something back there I should check out first? If I were to guess, I'd say it's something easy, but I'm wondering about the convertible top mechanism, too, and worrying it's something there. Any thoughts would be appreciated. thx
| I would first check ... Pedro (Odessa, FL) - 9 years ago |
... the catalytic converters' heat shields.
There is one shield over each cat.
The shields are held in place by quarter-turn fasteners that tend to rust and get loose or lost.
If one or more of the fasteners is loose the whole heat shield will rattle.
The fasteners are only sold by the dealer but they are not too expensive.
If you find that that is the problem, replace them all, otherwise you will be fixing it again soon.
Happy Boxstering
Pedro
Pedro Bonilla
1998 Boxster 986 - 311,000+ miles: [www.PedrosGarage.com]
PCA National Club Racing Scrutineer - PCA National HPDE Instructor - PCA Technical Committee (Boxster/Cayman)
Racecar spelled backwards is Racecar
"Racing is life. Anything before or after is just waiting" ... Steve McQueen as Michael Delaney in "LeMans"
"If you wait, all that happens is that you get older"... Mario Andretti
"Being second is to be the first of the ones who lose" ... Ayrton Senna
There is one shield over each cat.
The shields are held in place by quarter-turn fasteners that tend to rust and get loose or lost.
If one or more of the fasteners is loose the whole heat shield will rattle.
The fasteners are only sold by the dealer but they are not too expensive.
If you find that that is the problem, replace them all, otherwise you will be fixing it again soon.
Happy Boxstering
Pedro
Pedro Bonilla
1998 Boxster 986 - 311,000+ miles: [www.PedrosGarage.com]
PCA National Club Racing Scrutineer - PCA National HPDE Instructor - PCA Technical Committee (Boxster/Cayman)
Racecar spelled backwards is Racecar
"Racing is life. Anything before or after is just waiting" ... Steve McQueen as Michael Delaney in "LeMans"
"If you wait, all that happens is that you get older"... Mario Andretti
"Being second is to be the first of the ones who lose" ... Ayrton Senna
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