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Message: <blockquote data-quote="95cvgt" data-source="post: 469430" data-attributes="member: 10750">sorry its so long but please read, just wanted to be thorough enough so you guys would understandwell there was this really strange noise that i have been hearing in my car and it started about a week ago. its really hard to explain. id like to say it sounds like shaking a spray paint can but with more of a scatching noise, not so much a clanking noise. it sounded like it was coming from the front right area of my car, so i checked the brakes first, and found a pieice of sheet metal, brake guard im assuming, and it was been in towards the caliper. so i took it off yet it still made the noise. so i had a buddy of mine drive next to me. and he said it sounded like it was coming from the rear. so i checked to rear brakes, good. then jacked the car up and looked at the differential case and at the bottom was a thin line of transmission fluid. not leaking or pouring out, just a little around the edge. then i traced the driveshaft forward to the transmission case and where the driveshaft arm connects into the transmission, was a little more fluid. more than what was coming out of the differential. so i left it alone to think for a while and came back to about a dime sized drop of fluid on the ground(over about 5 hours), nothing major. so i asked my bro and he said the rear end could be going out??? elaborate please. and then asked another buddy at work, and he said it could be the bearings or the seals in the case. any other thoughts or suggestions will be GREATLY appreciated. *another side note* it only makes the noise when the car is in gear and in motion, not when im idiling or when the clutch is engagedthanks for all the help in advance,tj</blockquote>