# 98 Bravada clinking noise when accelerating **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** bravada, oldsmobile\ **Created:** [May 1, 2018, 6:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/98-bravada-clinking-noise-when-accelerating/116590 "2018-05-01T18:39:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Katbertolino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/278dde/32.png) [@Katbertolino](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Katbertolino)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2018, 6:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/98-bravada-clinking-noise-when-accelerating/116590/1 "2018-05-01T18:39:22Z")
Truck is making a metallic clinking noise when accelerating only but not all the time. No lights are on and it just passed inspection 3 weeks ago. Could the heat shield be the cause? ---
**Author:** ![COROLLAGUY1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/corollaguy1/32/7575_2.png) [@COROLLAGUY1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/COROLLAGUY1)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2018, 6:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/98-bravada-clinking-noise-when-accelerating/116590/2 "2018-05-01T18:56:28Z")
> [@Katbertolino](#): > > Could the heat shield be the cause? You could crawl under the car or ask a mechanic to check it for you. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2018, 9:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/98-bravada-clinking-noise-when-accelerating/116590/3 "2018-05-01T21:11:38Z")
> [@Katbertolino](#): > > Truck is making a metallic clinking noise when accelerating only but not all the time… Could the heat shield be the cause? Yes, it could be the heat shield, but because noises are difficult to describe in words, I see another possibility. “Pinging” or “spark knock” is frequently described as the sound of a few pebbles rattling in tin can. Is it possible that you are hearing that type of noise? ---
**Author:** ![Katbertolino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/278dde/32.png) [@Katbertolino](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Katbertolino)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2018, 12:09am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/98-bravada-clinking-noise-when-accelerating/116590/4 "2018-05-02T00:09:21Z")
I’m pretty sure I know the problem but that’s why I asked the question, u know, avoid having to take it in. I can usually hold my own when it comes to fixing my cars. ---
**Author:** ![Katbertolino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/278dde/32.png) [@Katbertolino](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Katbertolino)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2018, 12:11am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/98-bravada-clinking-noise-when-accelerating/116590/5 "2018-05-02T00:11:53Z")
It sounds just like a baseball card in a bike wheel. It’s not all the time and like I said, only when accelerating. Everyone is so quick to say cv joint but I know it’s not. My hood is stuck so I’m going to have to get a new jack in the morning and see what’s going on under there. Any suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2018, 3:45am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/98-bravada-clinking-noise-when-accelerating/116590/6 "2018-05-02T03:45:37Z")
> [@Katbertolino](#): > > My hood is stuck so I’m going to have to get a new jack in the morning and see what’s going on under there. Any suggestions? My Corolla’s hood latch stuck shut a few months ago. I had to crawl under the front of the car and look up at the latch area to see how the cable release was routed. Then I had a helper set the release from the driver’s seat while I pulled on the cable with a pair of needle nose pliers from below, while manipulating the latch release lever at the hood. Somehow that eventually worked. Once I got the hood up, lubing the latch mechanism fixed the problem. I’m guessing your clinking noise is the engine is pinging. Too wide of spark plug gap is a common cause. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2018, 12:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/98-bravada-clinking-noise-when-accelerating/116590/7 "2018-05-02T12:00:54Z")
> [@Katbertolino](#): > > It sounds just like a baseball card in a bike wheel. It’s not all the time and like I said, only when accelerating. Everyone is so quick to say cv joint but I know it’s not Well, if it sounds like a baseball card in a bike wheel, then I think you can probably rule-out a loose heat shield. My prime suspects would be a bad wheel bearing or cv joint, even though the noise that you describe is atypical for those problem areas.