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Old Jan 16, 2016 | 07:42 AM
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Trying to diagnose. Anyone heard this before?

1993 Maxima clunks when starting but runs smooth. No CEL. 184000 miles. After the idle slows down I get a scraping or a rattling. I am not sure. Just checking to see if anyone has had a similar experience. Thanks
Old Jan 20, 2016 | 08:09 AM
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I've been out of the Maxima game for a few years, but it sounds like a heat shield, getting resonated at idle.
I also thought I heard an exhaust leak in the second video, perhaps related?
Old Jan 20, 2016 | 08:19 AM
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Agreed it does sound like a heat sheild. Possibly the sheild around one of the manifolds or in the tunnel over the exhaust under the car?
Old Jan 20, 2016 | 11:14 AM
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Could be the Y pipe

could be the Y-pipe union. That union is 2 half pieces of sheet metal formed to bring the 2 pipes together and welded. Unfortunately, it heat corrodes and makes weird noises in the hot exhaust stream. My 90 GXE did that so I replaced w/ a Walker pipe from Autozone.
Or, it could be a bad bearing in one of the pulleys.
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