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Usually, a rattle at idle means your cam chain is loose. As your engine goes faster the crank shaft pulls on the chain and takes up some of the slack. It's a little difficult to tell from such a short description and not knowing what type of engine.

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Q: There's a rattling sound in my motorcycle engine especially when it's idling what could be the problem?
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