2000 Subaru Legacy Exhaust Heat Shield Rattle Start Very Noisy Quiets Down

2000 SUBARU LEGACY
98,000 MILES
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BOGGER66
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Have an exhaust heat shield rattle at start up. very noisy then quiets down.The heat shields are not loose, went to exhaust shop and also got under and tried to move them no results
Dec 22, 2012 at 3:41 AM
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ASEMASTER6371
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it may be the converter itself. the internals may be rattling rather than the externals

Roy
Dec 22, 2012 at 3:51 AM
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