What fell off my rig? (2 Viewers)

[sam74]

97 LX450, So it has been making a metallic rattle for a while but decided to break free while I was exiting the Denver Airport paying my parking fees. On the driver's side, looks like some sort of shield. I still have another similar rattle, maybe the other side of it? Got a chance to take a brief look under the vehicle today and didn't see any obvious location from an untrained eye. Anybody know where it came from? Doesn't seem to make any difference while driving.

Thanks

 

[bryson]

That's a heat shield from one of your catalytic converters.

 

[sam74]

Thanks, I had a muffler shop work on an exhaust leak several years ago and I think they went with non-original replacement and that is when my check engine light started coming on. It looks like I only have one catalytic converter now and it has shields. I'll have to dig deeper to see what is going on. Drivers side makes no sense to me at the moment but that is where it fell.

Thanks again

 

[bj70bc]

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