yes..thats right...when i'm in first gear, the car makes a grinding sound...and its usually not when i am giving it gas, its more when i let off the accelerator and the car is in first (like in parking lots and anywhere else u'd stay in first). I want to know what it is and how to fix it...its made it for awhile now..and my car is a 2002 z24 cavalier......so its not that old, it shouldn't be making noise....its kind of embarassing to be rolling by people and your car sounding like sh*t...please help me figure out what it is and how to fix it, thanks

thats the famous getrag rattle

http://www.j-body.org/forums/read.php?f=11&i=24710&t=24710

the only solution is gettin the tranny fluid replaced with saturn fluid. worked a bit for me but theres really no complete solution.

getrag > you

I hear some kind of B&M tranny fluid will muffle it but it wont go away completely. Its not a problem they all do it.


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Madjack wrote:Like I said before, building an engine like ours (2.2 or 2200) is a painstaking chore , since there is so few custom made parts. It's frustrating to me too, but that's what I like about doing this engine, it's the challenge.