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Exhaust Rattle ... Muffler or Cat?

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Old 07-28-2016, 01:23 PM
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I get a rattle at low rpm's. I looked around and hit the cat a couple times and it doesn't sound like anything was loose inside. It actually sounds like its the muffler. I've never heard of a muffler getting clogged like a cat does but here's the link to the video, see what you think (the visuals suck, audio is all that matters):

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My cat's rattling like crazy and it's definitely a different pitch than that. Mine's much higher. Sounds like gravel in the pipe. Yours sounds almost like a loose slip joint on the pipes, or a muffler tapping the frame.
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That's what I thought but it doesn't seem to be hitting anything. It literally sounds like its coming from inside the muffler.
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I suppose one of the baffles inside could have come loose.
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I'm not too worried if it's the muffler, I was planning on getting a cat back soon, but I do have to pass an emissions test coming up so I'm just trying to make sure that it's not the cat that's going bad.
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When my cat failed it sounded like the other poster described.
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Alright cool. thanks guys.
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