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I have a 2001 Ford Mustang V6. For a while now my car has made a rattling sound whenever I turn it on, when I am idling, and sometimes when I accelerate. I haven't noticed any real consequences yet, but the other day on my way home from work the temperature gauge began increasing towards the red area. It's late August in Central Texas, and I had been in stop-n-go traffic for a while. I turned my A/C off for a few minutes, and as traffic started flowing I turned it back on and the needle moved back to a normal position. It hasn't gone back up again, but I am worried that I might burn my engine up. Any suggesitons?

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Rattles could be anywhere in a car. Most of the time it is a bolt that has loosened and allowing something to move back and forth. Suggest you try to localize the rattle to which area of the engine from sound and then push and pull on items and see which one moves in that area.

Most of the things that would rattle, are not things that would cause over-heating, so I wouldn't worry on that account.

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