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DSC
09-15-2001, 09:34 AM
You know after you've been driving for a while and you turn the car off and get out you can hear it makeing clicking/poping sounds? What is that and why does my car do it longer and louder than other cars I've heard doing it?
my240likenoother
09-15-2001, 10:55 AM
it is cause of the heat
when you shut it off then the colr air is making the poping sound the block is recompresing
about doing it longer i dont know all cars r different another thing you can check it the coolant
96SEChick
09-15-2001, 01:09 PM
My car does the same thing, and it seems to do it for a long time, too.  I don't think it's a problem.
transient
09-15-2001, 01:52 PM
Oddly enough, I never hear mine do it at all. My old truck did it for hours though..
my240likenoother
09-15-2001, 03:57 PM
ya i never hear my s13
alltho i run the car very cool with the wide mouth bumper and every spring i change the coolant
i dont think that it is a prob.
:cool:

(Edited by my240likenoother at 6:59 pm on Sep. 15, 2001)
09-15-2001, 11:23 PM
It should click a little, it's normal. Temperature change, nothing more than that. I only hear it from my exhaust (now that I've put a GReddy on. Stock didn't do it.)
drifterx
09-16-2001, 02:21 PM
do u have an amp and a subwoofer?
DSC
09-16-2001, 02:40 PM
no, just the stock audio for now. If I did have an amp and sub what would cause that type of sound, because I'm planning on getting subs eventually?
drifterx
09-16-2001, 06:34 PM
if u have ground "unproperly" sometimes it would pop when u turn off your car....
my240likenoother
09-16-2001, 06:47 PM
ya but that would be coming from the speakers inside I think he is talking about the engine
MingMing
09-20-2001, 03:29 PM
blah, just get a giant intercooler <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'>
yenpit
09-20-2001, 05:12 PM
It's your cat......nothing to worry bout now. Cat converters get very hot and hold the heat (go ahead touch it!!). The clicking and popping noises r the different metals &quot;moving around&quot; as they expand and contract. If it glows red hot at night while running, it needs replacing. If not dont worry bout it!
09-20-2001, 11:09 PM
I never knew that, thanks Yenpit!
amir
09-23-2001, 07:39 PM
so to really avoid that sound you have to make it straight pipe think... my car is straight pipe but it has that tick tick sound but not that popping thing...