rattling sound

Asked by jazply Jun 11, 2011 at 06:17 PM about the 2006 Mazda RX-8

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

why does the car make a rattling noise and then the engine holds back when i sprint
the car?

4 Answers

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Its a 13B renisis engine. No valve train to adjust. the awesome thing about those motors. The rattle is more likely drive train maybe and not engine

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Check if your Catalytic Converter is broken, that could be the rattling noise. the pieces get clogged in the exhaust. Be careful ive seen a motor blow because of the massive restriction.

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in my case, the engine was decompressed. which ended up having to replace the engine, lucky me it was still under warranty. I had no power, rattling noise and car will die at iddle

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