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Old Oct 4, 2017 | 06:50 PM
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Performance Exhaust - unusual sound?

If you notice, there's a rattle sound at the end of revs. It happens when the car has been running for a while and is more pronounced when valves are open.

What could be the reason for it?!

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Old Oct 4, 2017 | 08:29 PM
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Originally Posted by ASH_C43
If you notice, there's a rattle sound at the end of revs. It happens when the car has been running for a while and is more pronounced when valves are open.

What could be the reason for it?!

https://youtu.be/sJcQ-M_ce_4

Totally normal. That's a characteristic sound of the PE haha. People pay for that noise.
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Old Oct 4, 2017 | 08:52 PM
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Totally normal. That's a characteristic sound of the PE haha. People pay for that noise.
I am aforementioned people.
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Old Oct 4, 2017 | 10:52 PM
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Totally normal. That's a characteristic sound of the PE haha. People pay for that noise.
Nah, I hear it too. It does sound weird... Interesting that only sedan owners are having issues with PE..
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Old Oct 5, 2017 | 12:50 AM
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Nah, I hear it too. It does sound weird... Interesting that only sedan owners are having issues with PE..
Not true.
I have a coupe.
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Old Oct 5, 2017 | 08:58 AM
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I have PE in sedan and have not had issues (knock on center console). What milage are you guys at? maybe I should be more critical with the benz? THe interior rattles go away when i roll windows down turn up music and put into sport plus
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Old Oct 5, 2017 | 09:45 AM
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I think I have that also but never thought of it as an issue.

What does bother me is this clank sound I get from the exhaust after some spirited driving. Happens every 3 seconds even when car is off. I know it may be metal/heat related but it starts even while still driving lol.
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Old Oct 5, 2017 | 09:48 AM
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Ash that sound is completely normal. There is no problem with it. It is just a characteristic sound.
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Old Oct 5, 2017 | 02:42 PM
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Originally Posted by NYCSoiL
Nah, I hear it too. It does sound weird... Interesting that only sedan owners are having issues with PE..
Do you hear the same thing on your car?
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Originally Posted by mhenry
I think I have that also but never thought of it as an issue.

What does bother me is this clank sound I get from the exhaust after some spirited driving. Happens every 3 seconds even when car is off. I know it may be metal/heat related but it starts even while still driving lol.
Glad I'm not the only one! I was concerned whether something is wrong with the baffles inside the muffler. I haven't noticed the clank sound you mentioned though... it's probably metal/heat related.

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You don't know how truly lucky you are to have that sound. Children in Africa are driving with the standard exhaust!
I have to say, your exhaust sounds very nice. Those belches and resonances give the car a personality, albeit an obnoxious one. Every noise is connected to something happening inside. That metallic claps are the flaps closing, the burble is backpressure. They remind you that you are in a machine.
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Do you hear the same thing on your car?
No, I don't…
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Any info on the rattle ?

I’m having the same issue with my exhaust.. is this a normal sound?
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