Rattling tin can sound

MMM3PWR · 04-09-2014, 05:42 PM

COWBELL! I Usually do a couple donuts left and right hand, high speed cornering and highway blasting...then they seem to make their way out...you know, the rocks in the brake shield...ps I'm at 135 k miles on the clock so i know what I'm talking about..

Sapper_M3 · 04-09-2014, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by MMM3PWR

COWBELL! I Usually do a couple donuts left and right hand, high speed cornering and highway blasting...then they seem to make their way out...you know, the rocks in the brake shield...ps I'm at 135 k miles on the clock so i know what I'm talking about..

SUBFRAMERIPPER · 04-09-2014, 06:49 PM

Happened to me the other day. A piece of tumbleweed was stuck under the car. Sounded just like a tin can.

FogCityM3 · 04-09-2014, 11:42 PM

Happens to me all the time...some of the rocks are persistent little buggers but will get kicked out eventually and there is no harm done to any components in the meantime.

mikeycamp28 · 04-14-2014, 02:47 PM

had the same problem on my car! i thought my exhaust was loose so i put her on the lift nothing was loose, backing out off the lift hear the sound again take my wheel off look in the dust cover and found NOTHING! it did go away after a nice ride around town then about 3 weeks ago i heard it again. i wasn't going to take my wheel off again to find nothing so i went down the road and went back home pulled in my spot and no sound. A few guys said the Ebrake.... i only got 6,000 on the car to me with noise is a mystery.

Chromey · 10-12-2019, 12:42 PM

Revising as I have this tin can sound now in reverse and forward at extremely slow speed when parking... litterally is from my drivers rear wheel well. I’m only revising because there has been multiple answers in this thread ... guys saying stop saying it’s a pebble yet others saying it is. Pebble makes sense to me as I have huge road construction on my street and it’s all gravel.. but I can’t get into a mechanic for at least 3 days as it’s a long weekend in Canada. Hoping it’s a pebble and won’t hurt anything. It doesn’t make noise at speed ?

Chromey · 10-15-2019, 01:47 PM

looks like it was a pebble as it disappeared shortly after my posting.

Three Pedal Steve · 10-16-2019, 08:38 PM

COW BELLS-
I love this thread. It was the first problem I encountered as a new owner and the first problem solved by a Forum suggestion:
Doughnuts in both clockwise and counter-clockwise directions.

04-09-2014, 05:42 PM	#23
MMM3PWR E90 6MT MASTER 74 Rep 314 Posts Drives: 2008 M3 Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Porto Heli iTrader: (0)	COWBELL! I Usually do a couple donuts left and right hand, high speed cornering and highway blasting...then they seem to make their way out...you know, the rocks in the brake shield...ps I'm at 135 k miles on the clock so i know what I'm talking about.. __________________
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04-09-2014, 06:49 PM	#25
SUBFRAMERIPPER Private First Class 6 Rep 197 Posts Drives: 2009 E90 Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Denver iTrader: (0)	Happened to me the other day. A piece of tumbleweed was stuck under the car. Sounded just like a tin can.
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04-09-2014, 11:42 PM	#26
FogCityM3 Colonel 499 Rep 2,400 Posts Drives: M3 (E90) & Porsche GT3 RS Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: San Francisco iTrader: (0)	Happens to me all the time...some of the rocks are persistent little buggers but will get kicked out eventually and there is no harm done to any components in the meantime.
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04-14-2014, 02:47 PM	#27
mikeycamp28 Private 9 Rep 58 Posts Drives: BMW M3 Join Date: May 2013 Location: Central Jersey iTrader: (0) Garage List 2013 BMW M3 [0.00]	had the same problem on my car! i thought my exhaust was loose so i put her on the lift nothing was loose, backing out off the lift hear the sound again take my wheel off look in the dust cover and found NOTHING! it did go away after a nice ride around town then about 3 weeks ago i heard it again. i wasn't going to take my wheel off again to find nothing so i went down the road and went back home pulled in my spot and no sound. A few guys said the Ebrake.... i only got 6,000 on the car to me with noise is a mystery.
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10-12-2019, 12:42 PM	#28
Chromey Captain 98 Rep 615 Posts Drives: 09 E93 M3 Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Victoria bc iTrader: (0)	Revising as I have this tin can sound now in reverse and forward at extremely slow speed when parking... litterally is from my drivers rear wheel well. I’m only revising because there has been multiple answers in this thread ... guys saying stop saying it’s a pebble yet others saying it is. Pebble makes sense to me as I have huge road construction on my street and it’s all gravel.. but I can’t get into a mechanic for at least 3 days as it’s a long weekend in Canada. Hoping it’s a pebble and won’t hurt anything. It doesn’t make noise at speed ?
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10-15-2019, 01:47 PM	#29
Chromey Captain 98 Rep 615 Posts Drives: 09 E93 M3 Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Victoria bc iTrader: (0)	looks like it was a pebble as it disappeared shortly after my posting. __________________ 2009 E93 M3 Jerez on Black DTC HnR Sport springs, GT2 Meistershaft Exhaust. GTS Tune. Love It
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10-16-2019, 08:38 PM	#30
Three Pedal Steve Captain 875 Rep 611 Posts Drives: 2013 M3 coupe' 6mt Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Under a Waterfall in Highlands NC iTrader: (0) Garage List 2013 BMW M3 Coupe [0.00]	COW BELLS- I love this thread. It was the first problem I encountered as a new owner and the first problem solved by a Forum suggestion: Doughnuts in both clockwise and counter-clockwise directions. __________________ memories: '71 2002 (new), '72 Bavaria, '74 2002tii, '00 540i Sport
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