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Usually a sputtering muffler means that a new catalytic converter is needed. The sputtering sound is the car misfiring.

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You have 98 Pontiac grand am was at an idle car started sputtering want to stall had to keep foot on gas peddle to keep running almost sounded like muffler was back firing?

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What can the rattling from under my f150 be?

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