Rattle during acceleration
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Rattle during acceleration
I know about the rattle coming from the access panel on the bell housing. What I want to know is can that piece be left off with no adverse effects or could I take it off and put a bead of high temp silicone on the piece and reinstall it? What else could I use since it gets so hot there?
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Any ideas guys? I have the silicone and don't see why it would cause a problem, I just wanted to know if anyone thought it was a bad idea or had a different product to use. I am going ahead an replacing the Y pipe to get rid of the heat shield possibility. When I hit the pipe in front of the Banks muffler I can hear a small rattle in it so I have 4 wheel parts sendming me a replacement unit. Other than that I guess I could try the Cat which is an flowmaster high flow cat. I wish I could just hang under there and trouble shoot it while someone drove it. 
Just kidding, but it would make things easier.
Bryan
Just kidding, but it would make things easier.Bryan
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Originally Posted by Bear River
Silicone will make quick work of your o2 sensors which are very expensive to replace. If the leak is downstream it won't cause a problem.
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Originally Posted by Bear River
Ok, you are thinking of applying it to the bell housing. I guess I read your post wrong. I'm not sure what I was thinking.
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Silicone bead should not hurt anuything on the cover plate. All its there for is to keep rocks and junk from getting at the flywheel teeth or jamming up inside there. That should be perfectly fine to do. It should have some drain/vent holes for any water or anything that might get in there, make sure you dont plug those up.
