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    04-09-2012 09:11 PM #1
    when the car first starts there is a (marble in a tin) kind of sound right under the driver seat? and ideas? thansk

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    04-09-2012 10:40 PM #2
    The best way to find it will be to stick your head under the car while it's rattling and pin point the source. The two things that used to rattle on mine were the exhaust heat shield and the engine undertray.

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    04-10-2012 07:23 AM #3
    Except that would happen the whole time the car is on not at start up.....
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    04-10-2012 08:39 AM #4
    Where is the engine undertray ill jack it up this Thurs and look at it

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    04-10-2012 08:22 PM #5
    Quote Originally Posted by agregano View Post
    Where is the engine undertray ill jack it up this Thurs and look at it
    ^^^^
    Big plastic tray under engine between oil pan and road
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