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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 "moving around" 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...

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09-15-2001, 09:34 AM	#1
DSC New Title Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: VA Posts: 3,454 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	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?

09-15-2001, 10:55 AM	#2
my240likenoother Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 1,261 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	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

09-15-2001, 01:09 PM	#3
96SEChick Nissanaholic! Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Broken Arrow, OK Age: 44 Posts: 1,814 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	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.

09-15-2001, 01:52 PM	#4
transient Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 37 Posts: 2,947 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Oddly enough, I never hear mine do it at all. My old truck did it for hours though..

09-15-2001, 03:57 PM	#5
my240likenoother Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 1,261 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	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	#6
Guest Posts: n/a	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.)

09-16-2001, 02:21 PM	#7
drifterx Premium Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: boston, ma Age: 40 Posts: 1,533 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	do u have an amp and a subwoofer?

09-16-2001, 02:40 PM	#8
DSC New Title Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: VA Posts: 3,454 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	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?

09-16-2001, 06:34 PM	#9
drifterx Premium Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: boston, ma Age: 40 Posts: 1,533 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	if u have ground "unproperly" sometimes it would pop when u turn off your car....

09-16-2001, 06:47 PM	#10
my240likenoother Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 1,261 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	ya but that would be coming from the speakers inside I think he is talking about the engine

09-20-2001, 03:29 PM	#11
MingMing Zilvia Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 174 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	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=':)'>

09-20-2001, 05:12 PM	#12
yenpit Zilvia Addict Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Holland Michigan Posts: 798 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	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 "moving around" 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	#13
Guest Posts: n/a	I never knew that, thanks Yenpit!

09-23-2001, 07:39 PM	#14
amir Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 17 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	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...