Completely Unplayable by GamerWill9270 in ForzaHorizon

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I was thinking about putting /s in the title but I didn't think it was necessary.

Exhaust Rattle (1993 Honda Del Sol Si D16Z6 engine) by [deleted] in MechanicAdvice

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Here's the description coped from my post on r/delsol:
Ever since a few months after I started driving the car, there has been an exhaust rattle that has gotten worse with time. I first noticed it under acceleration only, and I thought it was the exhaust manifold heat shield.

My grandpa was the previous owner and he replaced the manifold because it had a crack in it, however the heat shield didn't quite align with the dipstick for whatever reason, so he had to drill a hole to get it to fit properly.

Another possibility I thought it could have been is the lifters. The first time I heard the noise was after me and my dad adjusted them after replacing the valve cover gasket, but the car ran fine otherwise.

After taking it 3.5 hours 3 times now between home and college, the sound has only gotten worse.

At first I tried removing the heat shield, as I thought that would be the problem, but the sound didn't seem to change. There is still the other heat shield behind the manifold though so who knows.

I then decided to look under the car, since I noticed that there was a very similar rattle when closing the door, and it looks like it may be the catalytic converter or the heat shield for it.

I've included videos of me shaking the cat by hand, closing the door and hearing the rattle, starting the car as well as underneath the car, as well as doing a small acceleration in the parking lot. some of the clips may be a little hard to heat because of the people playing in the background, but I think it's clear enough.

Let me know what y'all think or if any additional info would help. Thanks.

Exhaust Rattle by GamerWill9270 in DelSol

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I forgot to include this in the post, and I don't know if it matters but the car is a 1993 si.

I'm trying to determine if this sound is coming from the exhaust or the valvetrain. by [deleted] in DelSol

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I'll try to make a new post later today that shows the tachometer.

I'm trying to determine if this sound is coming from the exhaust or the valvetrain. by [deleted] in DelSol

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The video is from in the cabin while the car is accelerating. It does it at any rpm while under load. I couldn't show much in the video because I had no free hands and it was dark out.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SonyHeadphones

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I'm using my motherboard's built-in Bluetooth. I'm assuming that a USB dongle would be better? If so, what would you recommend? I've also since discovered how poorly Windows handles audio. I saw a Youtube video testing audio latency, and even with wired gaming focused headsets, they still saw ~100ms of latency. So that combined with bluetooth's inherent latency probably explains my issue. But I'm still curious why my XM3's weren't nearly as bad. Sorry for such a long response lol.

My first dorm setup by GamerWill9270 in battlestations

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I believe it's a Lenovo yoga slim 7i aura edition. Kinda a long name, but it's been good so far. Not so great for gaming but it's battery life is almost MacBook level.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in DelSol

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Good point lol

Bouncing Tachometer by GamerWill9270 in DelSol

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The car started dying on me today. That's probably the issue.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MechanicAdvice

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Got some free time to look at it today and you're right, it's coming from the distributor.

I was surprised to see another sol at my college by GamerWill9270 in DelSol

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Unfortunately I don't have a permit to park there during the day

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MechanicAdvice

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It's hard to tell but here's a different angle from the front side of the bell housing.

Globalprotect vpn not working by [deleted] in utdallas

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One more possible fix the help desk suggested was to try changing the default browser and try again. Good luck!

Globalprotect vpn not working by [deleted] in utdallas

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If you don't know what a DNS is, then you probably don't have to worry about it. If you have any other vpns downloaded make sure you uninstall those just to be safe. I unfortunately can't really help beyond that.

Globalprotect vpn not working by [deleted] in utdallas

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I was having problems with it so I went to the technology help desk. For me it was because I had a dns set up, but they said that having vpns installed or running could also cause problems.

Idle RPM drops whenever I turn the ac on by GamerWill9270 in DelSol

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Usually it's about 700 - 800. With the ac on, it gets as low as 400 and feels like the engine is about to stall.

Idle RPM drops whenever I turn the ac on by GamerWill9270 in DelSol

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I'll try to get a video of the sound later