Catalytic Converter Loose Heat Shield

This allows the heat shield room to move around causing it to rattle.

Catalytic converter loose heat shield. How to fix catalytic converter heat shield rattle by richard rowe. They wanted 32 for the job. Dealership told me the rattle was from a loose heat shield on the catalytic converter. Th owner said that there was rattling noise coming from the catalytic converter heat shield which was loose.

These kinds of temperatures are more than enough to automatically ignite grease oil and transmission fluid particularly if it happens to come into direct contact with the catalytic. I can t answer your question about the virginia inspection. Is this the possible origin of the rattling noise coming from under the vehicle when i was driving it personally it sounded as if something was. Jump to latest follow 1 15 of 15 posts.

But i can tell you that i ve rewelded loose heat shields back onto catalytic converters because they made noise. 2019 gmc canyon cc 4x4 2020 chevy z71 cc 2wd joined jun 19 2019 383 posts. My 2002 honda civic was whistling kinda like a slide whistle while the car would idle and the a c was on. Catalytic converter heat shield rattle is a pretty common occurrence that is caused by the heat shield becoming loose.

Rattling of catalytic converter heat shield 015 i was looking at purchasing the vehicle. Catalytic converters get very hot upwards of 900 to 1 000 degrees f in some cases. 2009 honda crv was rattling and noisy while idling. Or they were simply removed because there wasn t anything left of the heat shield where it was effective as a heat shield tester.