Hello all 02 Max 177K runs like new! I hear a very faint noise almost like a whine or very low howl sound! I only hear this noise if the car is in the garage never outside.. I know that sounds strange but i am guessing the walls in the garage make you hear things better! I attached a picture of where the noise is coming from ( I used an Automotive Stethoscope) And that is where i hear the sound!! Its not a chain slap or rattle by no means The engine is dead quiet at idle but i do notice that new sound at idle in the picture area! Thanks so much...

 

There's 3 chains spinning around in there on 2 sprockets and 4 gears.

 

That thing looks clean! I don't think you have anything to worry about.

 

Thanks Very Clean!! No dirt or grease anywhere on engine! Getting close to 200K runs like day one! Full power ice cold air trans orig fluid cherry red! I change all the fluids! It actually runs like a new car!

 

Let's see some pics of the rest of it!

 

Orig Engine cover is off in Trunk now.. I took it off to check a few things! Over all the car is powerful ice cold air and runs smooth at any speed!! Love this car!

 

Wow! Very nice! Do you spend all your free time detailing your car? Must be a dream to work on.

 

Yes very easy to clean and work on!

 

Looks amazing.

 

Easy to gut the cats, then. She won't live much longer without it.

Just gutted cats on another at 95K and front precat was disintegrating as usual.

 

So you're saying I have a good 100k on my brand new cats before I have anything to worry about?

 

Here you go, OP.


These work great on my '03

 

Depends on how cheap they are lol. Wouldn't know, though. Headers or gut, there's no place for cats.

Maybe they finally grew some ***** and confronted the suppliers. Even the RWD platform's cats fell apart on the DE. Dunno about HR.

 

Front came from Canada (ebay) and rear came from Walker. Every nut and bolt is new and easy to remove. I'll check in 70k

OP's car is so clean I would heed your advice to a more serious degree, though.