# Noise when wet

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/noise-when-wet/61697>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** chrysler\
**Created:** [February 21, 2011, 10:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/noise-when-wet/61697 "2011-02-21T22:30:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![amagoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@amagoun](https://community.cartalk.com/u/amagoun)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 10:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/noise-when-wet/61697/1 "2011-02-21T22:30:52Z")

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I have a 2009 Town and Country. When it is raining and after I have gone 20 minutes or so driving and then come to a stop it makes a loud noise from the passenger side, sometimes the front most times the rear. It is a rattling metallic sound It sounds like a motorcycle engine sound. It continues for a few minutes and then stops. There seems to be a burning smell with it too. Any ideas?

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**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:** [February 21, 2011, 10:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/noise-when-wet/61697/2 "2011-02-21T22:46:17Z")

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Have your mechanic check the exhaust manifold.

Based on the symptoms, I would say that you either have a cracked exhaust manifold, or the bolts attaching the manifold need to be re-torqued, or perhaps the gasket between the manifold and the engine block needs to be replaced.

My POS Volvo displayed this exact problem as a result of a cracked manifold, and it only manifested itself when driven in the rain.

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**Author:** ![Honda-Blackbird](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/honda-blackbird/32/3159_2.png) [@Honda-Blackbird](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Honda-Blackbird)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 11:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/noise-when-wet/61697/3 "2011-02-21T23:17:36Z")

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Im not sure the wet has anything to do with this…does it ever make this noise when dry? May be a heat shield issue…they get loose and rattle all the time…But the wet reference and burning smell have me a bit confused…does it do this in the dry at all…ever?

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**Author:** ![amagoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@amagoun](https://community.cartalk.com/u/amagoun)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 11:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/noise-when-wet/61697/4 "2011-02-21T23:52:24Z")

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Never when dry only when it rains.

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**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:** [February 21, 2011, 11:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/noise-when-wet/61697/5 "2011-02-21T23:53:29Z")

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…just like my POS Volvo.