Ok, on the front right (passenger) side of my 92 GSR there is a small round canister looking thing. It makes a rattling noise. It only rattles when I’m in gear driving though, I confirmed this by jacking up the front end and letting the car run in first. I first didn’t know the sound was coming from this thing, but after I stethescope-listened to it with a screw driver, I knew it was making the noise. The way it rattles is it makes a whirring kind of rattle for a few seconds, stops for a second or two, then rattles again, etc. The round canister thing is not visible from the engine bay, you have to look under the car to see it. It is directly under the battery, close to the radiator plug. I’ve searched through the Haynes manual from front to back and I cannot find out what it is. On the side of the cannister thingy there is writing, so I washed it off hoping maybe it would tell me what the device was. Get this: The writing on the cannister is all in french! :wtf:
Does anyone have any idea what this mystery device is?? Any idea why it’s rattling?
It isn’t really causing me any problems I don’t think besides the annoying sound, but I want to find out what it is and fix it. Any help is greatly appreciated.