Odd noise after X pipe install

yomny · 02-07-2012, 03:33 PM

Hey guys, i installed my catless xpipe with only the resonators and i get this weird noise when pressing on the gas and at certain rpm points. Sounds to me like resonance, the vibration of the metal emitting a noise. The noise is not the booming noise droning from 2k-3k or so, neither does it occur on a range of RPM's. To try and get an idea of the sound, is like when you get a pipe and blow in it hard enough then you get this humming sound, like wind passing through a pipe. It only happens on a certain rpms, like 2200, 3900.. it doesn't expand through out RPMs. I'm not sure if its due to the x pipe being mated to the stock rear section. Thanks for any comments or ideas you may have.

Sean05 · 02-07-2012, 04:01 PM

it could be anything.. you probably will get a better results if you post a video...

KennyPowers · 02-07-2012, 04:07 PM

easiest thing to do would be to put the car on the lift and check your clearances throughout the entire length of the exhaust system.

sounds like you rubbing against / making contact with something underneath the car.

this was the case for me when I ran an aftermarket x pipe.

yomny · 02-07-2012, 04:41 PM

Thanks a lot guys, I'll do this as soon as I get a chance. It's hard to hear the noise on a video the sound quality would have to be excellent.

JerezblackM3 · 02-07-2012, 04:59 PM

I just had a custom catless x pipe welded to the stock resonators, sounds great but I have a different problem. If I'm cruising at gear 7 with rpm around 2000 and I give it some gas, the rpm starts jumping up and down and the car seems to be making a decision weather to downshift automatically or not and then it does downshift. It feels like its not taking fuel to go. Anyone encounter something similar?

02-07-2012, 03:33 PM	#1
yomny Private First Class Drives: E92 M3 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Miami Posts: 162 iTrader: (0)	Odd noise after X pipe install Hey guys, i installed my catless xpipe with only the resonators and i get this weird noise when pressing on the gas and at certain rpm points. Sounds to me like resonance, the vibration of the metal emitting a noise. The noise is not the booming noise droning from 2k-3k or so, neither does it occur on a range of RPM's. To try and get an idea of the sound, is like when you get a pipe and blow in it hard enough then you get this humming sound, like wind passing through a pipe. It only happens on a certain rpms, like 2200, 3900.. it doesn't expand through out RPMs. I'm not sure if its due to the x pipe being mated to the stock rear section. Thanks for any comments or ideas you may have.
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02-07-2012, 04:01 PM	#2
Sean05 Putcha ang ganda... Drives: 08 MR E92 M3 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Los Angeles, Brea CA. Posts: 4,958 iTrader: (9)	it could be anything.. you probably will get a better results if you post a video... __________________

02-07-2012, 04:41 PM	#4
yomny Private First Class Drives: E92 M3 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Miami Posts: 162 iTrader: (0)	Thanks a lot guys, I'll do this as soon as I get a chance. It's hard to hear the noise on a video the sound quality would have to be excellent. __________________ ///E92 M3 AA filter/pulley/catless xpipe/tune, AE exhaust

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02-07-2012, 04:07 PM	#3
KennyPowers Lieutenant Colonel Drives: BMW Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Gulf Coast Posts: 1,864 iTrader: (11)	easiest thing to do would be to put the car on the lift and check your clearances throughout the entire length of the exhaust system. sounds like you rubbing against / making contact with something underneath the car. this was the case for me when I ran an aftermarket x pipe.

02-07-2012, 04:59 PM	#5
JerezblackM3 Private First Class Drives: e92 m3 dct Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: lebanon Posts: 172 iTrader: (0)	I just had a custom catless x pipe welded to the stock resonators, sounds great but I have a different problem. If I'm cruising at gear 7 with rpm around 2000 and I give it some gas, the rpm starts jumping up and down and the car seems to be making a decision weather to downshift automatically or not and then it does downshift. It feels like its not taking fuel to go. Anyone encounter something similar?