# Rattling in Infiniti i30t **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** infiniti, i30\ **Created:** [July 11, 2012, 3:55am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rattling-in-infiniti-i30t/73472 "2012-07-11T03:55:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jacksonianc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/43a26b/32.png) [@jacksonianc](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jacksonianc)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 3:55am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rattling-in-infiniti-i30t/73472/1 "2012-07-11T03:55:54Z")
I’m hearing a disconcerting sound coming from my car as of late. It’s a rattling sound, almost as if someone were shaking a can of spray paint at the same frequency as the engine. It doesn’t strike me as being a heat shield, it’s a heavier rattling, not really a buzz. The sound usually occurs when I am above 2000 RPM, however, it does not match an RPM range or the car’s speed—it seems more closely associated with the position of the gas pedal—about halfway to 3/4. It does not make the sound unless the car is in gear and moving. On cold starts, the engine fires and runs, but then takes up to 30-40 seconds to really get going at a normal RPM. Efforts to coax it with the gas pedal are delayed by a second or two before they kick in… The car is a 2001 model, and has 44,000 miles. ---
**Author:** ![JosephEMeehan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecc23a/32.png) [@JosephEMeehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/JosephEMeehan)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 4:19am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rattling-in-infiniti-i30t/73472/2 "2012-07-11T04:19:27Z")
When was the last time you changed the air and fuel filters? Have you had any CEL’s? ---
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 4:28am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rattling-in-infiniti-i30t/73472/3 "2012-07-11T04:28:03Z")
At that age the possibilities are endless. Most likely it it exhaust related.