Q: just swapped trans. I'm driving and 120 miles later my cars making unpleasant clanking noises underneath.

asked by on February 05, 2017

it's disturbing. my friends say the exhaust pipe to muffler shakes violently from the outside. and inside it's just like someone is smacking my car with a bat from underneath. major jumping occuring.

My car has 180000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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