98' Boxster, Tiptronic.
It's not very loud but I can hear it from inside in idle and when driving. It IS annoying... it's there all the time, fast or slow, but when driving 'fast' its hard to hear because the regular engine sound is much louder - hot or cold and it's pretty much the same noise, just a rattling sound... at first i though it was like a rotating sound but when I listen under the car I think it sounds more like a vibrating metal sound - I looked under the car tried to push some of the parts but I could not stop the rattle (I do not know what is what anyways)
At one point my mechanic said he welded the the one part of the heat shield because it was a bit loose in one corner...
I have made a recording where the sound is pretty obvious:
http://www.shooter.dk/rattle/rattle.wav
What do you think this sound is and can anyone recognize it from their car ?
Is this serious (engine), muffler or heatshield (I read about this a few times here) ?
Should I take this to the mechanic before I leave on a 2000km road-trip ? I just returned from him 2 days ago, but I did not mention this to him and he didn't say anything about it either...
How many of you live with a rattle
Kind regards
Morten