Seeing as most of the miles I've driven, by far, have been in stick shift vehicles, and at that I've driven in hilly environments a lot in vehicles that don't have a surplus of low end grunt, I've had my share of accidental lugging moments. I hate that feeling, when I realize I've let the clutch out a little too quickly without giving it quite enough gas, and you get a little shaking and that rattling sound.
So my question is: what exactly is the "rattling" sound you get when you lug an engine for a second? Is it the motor rattling against its mounts, just the sound of the spark explosion hitting the piston in a detonation event, or what?
So my question is: what exactly is the "rattling" sound you get when you lug an engine for a second? Is it the motor rattling against its mounts, just the sound of the spark explosion hitting the piston in a detonation event, or what?