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2008 Volkswagen Jetta with 299393 miles

Tiny
MIRA1
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  • 2008 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA
  • 2.5L
  • 5 CYL
  • FWD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 299,393 MILES
At stop light sounds like rocks in engine or transmission
Monday, March 24th, 2014 AT 4:18 PM

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Tiny
HOMER1967
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I would suspect that you have a bad catalytic converter, when the catalyst inside breaks into pieces, the rattle like a can of rocks, and the pieces are often times in this business refered to a bricks. If you can safely raise and support the vehicle try tapping on the catalytic converter with a rubber mallet and see if you can duplicate the noise that you are hearing.
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Monday, March 24th, 2014 AT 6:34 PM
Tiny
EXOVCDS
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Time to replace the drive plate / flywheel. It has spring dampers that wear / get loose.

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Tuesday, March 25th, 2014 AT 7:57 PM
Tiny
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I would suspect a bad cat converter with broken internal bricks.
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Sunday, November 16th, 2014 AT 8:51 PM

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