Q: Car sounds strange when you have your foot on the gas above 30 mph
I have a pre-owned truck. When I am accelerating (from around 30mph) and my foot is still on the pedal, there is a Huge sound in the back of the truck that sounds more like an 18-wheeler. My friend and I looked at the differential because oil was leaking. We noticed that all the screws weren't there so we fixed that. Everything else we checked seemed fine. What should I examine next.
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