Let me start off first that I have searched on several camaro forums to try and figure out what is wrong with my car and I haven't been able to pin point anything.
I'm a new camaro owner. I just bought a 2001 v6 camaro about a few weeks ago. So far the car runs great and shifts fine, no issues what so ever. It has 115,000 miles. After I got the car I noticed it had really dirty/rusty water in the radiator so I took it into sears for a flush and coolant exchange. I left the car with them for 4 to 5 hours and after I pick it up it's now making a really loud tinging noise coming from around the transmission/starter area. The noise almost sounds like the rattle when you shake a paint can. It only does it in drive and reverse when accelerating. It does not do it in idle or park or when you rev it, only when moving forwards or backwards. I took it back to sears right away and they can not figure out what it is. I've taken the car back to them twice since then after speaking with the manager and they now think its possibly the starter hitting the flex plate? They put the car up in the air and lifted the rear, put the car in drive and ran it through the gears and the car did not make the sound. After putting the car back down they drove it around the parking lot and it makes the noise. I know its not the exhaust or the engine.
I'm stumped! What could the noise be?
I'm a new camaro owner. I just bought a 2001 v6 camaro about a few weeks ago. So far the car runs great and shifts fine, no issues what so ever. It has 115,000 miles. After I got the car I noticed it had really dirty/rusty water in the radiator so I took it into sears for a flush and coolant exchange. I left the car with them for 4 to 5 hours and after I pick it up it's now making a really loud tinging noise coming from around the transmission/starter area. The noise almost sounds like the rattle when you shake a paint can. It only does it in drive and reverse when accelerating. It does not do it in idle or park or when you rev it, only when moving forwards or backwards. I took it back to sears right away and they can not figure out what it is. I've taken the car back to them twice since then after speaking with the manager and they now think its possibly the starter hitting the flex plate? They put the car up in the air and lifted the rear, put the car in drive and ran it through the gears and the car did not make the sound. After putting the car back down they drove it around the parking lot and it makes the noise. I know its not the exhaust or the engine.
I'm stumped! What could the noise be?
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