Rattling sound

[shawn86]

I have a '08 1.8 and when I start it up there is a metallic rattling sound that lasts for a few seconds. I have a little over 130k miles on it. Does anyone have an idea of what could be causing this?

 

[Potato213]

Is the a.c. or any air on when this happens or is there something lose in the engine bay?

 

[shawn86]

No its right on starting and nothing is on I checked the engine bay and everything seems to be good.

 

[Muhammad Ali Khan]

dont worry, drive it.

 

[3ddie @rana]

Hi

Do you have something in the glove compartment or inside car thats driving you Crazy maybe, and it's not in the engine it self ?!
I would ck on that my self, it has happen before !

3ddie @.

 

[Legend Cox]

I had this issue a while ago, and it turned out a heat shield on the exhaust around the catalytic converter had come loose causing a rattle on start up. It started rattling really bad, and I found it wedged between the exhaust manifold, and the firewall.

 

[shawn86]

Cool I'll check that out!

 

[JustinGWilly]

Definitely sounds like a heat shield. Mine came loose a couple of years ago just behind the catalytic converter. The bolts holding it in place were rusted. I just took the whole thing off and haven't had any issues.