> 
> >* Not-too-subtle metallic clatter from the rear especially
> >noticeable during engine deceleration and intermittently at idle
> >when hot (tight valve? loose tin?)
> 
> My 87 Syncro has this sound and mine comes from a loose heat sheild on the
> exhaust pipe near the muffler.  One of the brackets holding the shield in
> place is broken.  Non-Syncros do NOT have this shield.
> 

Yes, the '86 GL I had did this, oooh very anoying, fixed it with a C-clamp.

Trace
tchoul@unf6.cis.unf.edu