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V8 Exhaust Noise upon Heavy Acceleration

12707 Views 28 Replies 21 Participants Last post by  Harrock
Wondering if any other V8 owners out there have heard this noise. With your window rolled down (to hear better) and upon heavy acceleration - floor it - at about the time the tranny would shift into 2nd gear I hear a rattleing noise coming from the exhaust system. Sounds like a quarter rattling around inside of a tin can. It lasts until I back off of the accelerator.

Here's the kicker -

I just had it in for my 5,000 service and asked them to look into it. 2 weeks later - that's right 2 weeks - the dealer was stumped with the noise, so they called in the VW Service Head for my area. He simply stated that what I was hearing was "normal" exhaust noise for a V8.

Thinking that they were trying to pull a fast one, I asked to test drive a brand new T-Reg to compare and TO MY SUPRISE it sounded the exact same. Now, I realize that it may be "normal" from VW meaning that they all are doing it but it surely does not sound "normal".

Anyone else hear this noise???
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106K...I have the sound...it sounds like the valves are going to come out of the tips. Some people think its unique and cool, others think something is broken for sure....try to live with it as when you hear that sound you are probably gettin 2 miles per gallon.
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