He ment when an o2 sensor goes bad it can effect gas milage pretty significly ( around 5mpg )
You can get one from
www.sparkplugs.com for pretty cheap, I got my NTK for 38us or so.
But I would slap on a cheap cat at the same time, magnaflow's are pretty cheap.
Drew303:
I ment the rattle might be his timing chain, but since he sprayed the front of the engine down and it stopped, I would assume its not..
Sorry if I wrote it confusingly. (is that a word?)