Tractor Dan
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- Dec 29, 2008
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- Location
- Near Lima, Ohio
- Vehicle Year
- 1994
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Size
- 3.0
- Transmission
- Manual
So seeing as i have no working air conditioning and drive with the windows down. Every time i pull up to a stop sign or light and idle i hear this strange pinging or rattling sound and i can tell for sure it's coming from the exhaust pipe. It almost sounds as if there are a couple sheet metal screws or something laying in the pipe and as it idles they get blown around. As soon as i give it some gas and take off the sound stops. Currently it runs great. I just took it on a 180 mile round trip and averaged 23 mpg so i don't really think it's anything engine related. I'm thinking maybe its something cat or muffler related with a rotted out baffle?
I cut the exhaust pipe off about 6 to 8 inches after the cat in 2010. My muffler rotted out and so did most of the pipe so i cut it off and bolted a cherrybomb with clamps to the pipe stub left on the cat. So what do yall think it could be? Maybe time to replace a cat or muffler? The cherry bomb is in great shape. Atleast on the outside. No rust at all hardly which is amazing for ohio. I know they are powdercoated but still almost no rust is unheard of. I know all the hangers are tight. Any help would be appreciated because this thing is irritating the living daylights out of me.
I cut the exhaust pipe off about 6 to 8 inches after the cat in 2010. My muffler rotted out and so did most of the pipe so i cut it off and bolted a cherrybomb with clamps to the pipe stub left on the cat. So what do yall think it could be? Maybe time to replace a cat or muffler? The cherry bomb is in great shape. Atleast on the outside. No rust at all hardly which is amazing for ohio. I know they are powdercoated but still almost no rust is unheard of. I know all the hangers are tight. Any help would be appreciated because this thing is irritating the living daylights out of me.