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STRANGE NOISE ON 1988 240 200

posted by  scorch on  Wed May 11 06:18 CST 2005
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This is a very common noise for 240s as they get to be "of a certain age." It is almost always one of the exhaust heat shields on the front pipe or around the cat converter itself. With the engine cool you should be able to bang gently on the heat shields with a mallet to see which is the offending one. The best course of action is just to remove it. They're not necessary at all, but you might want to be careful not to park in any fields of long, dry grass (that's about the only time I can think of where the heat shields might be of some benefit). You can remove them by cutting them or prying them off in some fashion. They're not that hard to rip off once you get them started, but be careful not to bang on the exhaust system too hard because you might open up some leaks elsewhere.






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