Loud POP sound seemingly from engine bay after starting car - only happens sometimes
10-22-2013, 02:05 PM
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Loud POP sound seemingly from engine bay after starting car - only happens sometimes
Hi All,
So like the title of the thread says, SOMETIMES after I start my car (usually after the car has been warmed up and driven previously in the day) I will be sitting there say putting on my seatbelt or whatever and all of a sudden I hear sort of a loud and deep sounding POP that seems to come from the passenger side of the engine bay. Is this a "miss"?
I have no CEL on and it has me a bit boggled. Like I said, it only happens sometimes so its hard to really get a gauge as to where it is coming from or what it could be,
Does anyone have any idea?
So like the title of the thread says, SOMETIMES after I start my car (usually after the car has been warmed up and driven previously in the day) I will be sitting there say putting on my seatbelt or whatever and all of a sudden I hear sort of a loud and deep sounding POP that seems to come from the passenger side of the engine bay. Is this a "miss"?
I have no CEL on and it has me a bit boggled. Like I said, it only happens sometimes so its hard to really get a gauge as to where it is coming from or what it could be,
Does anyone have any idea?
10-24-2013, 06:09 AM
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A miss usually happens multiple times, not just one. I would try to reproduce it with the hood up and see if you can narrow down the source. It could be any number of things, but most likely it is a back-fire coming out through the throttle body. Good luck...
10-24-2013, 09:42 AM
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Thanks for the reply Petrock... If it is a backfire through the throttle body, what would the likely culprit be do you think? Dirty throttle body? Anything else you feel?
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10-24-2013, 08:48 PM
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My car has been having the same symptoms and I also heard a loud pop out the intake once I removed the silencer. It only did it once while I was reving it.
If its backfiring is it neccesarily a bad thing?
Also it "bump/thumps" on idle but i dont know what it might be, ill be replacing sparkplugs and maybe sparkplug wires but if that doesnt fix it then I think it might be misfiring. It does that on idle or when im going 40mph(every time) and other high speeds. Any explanation to this?
If its backfiring is it neccesarily a bad thing?
Also it "bump/thumps" on idle but i dont know what it might be, ill be replacing sparkplugs and maybe sparkplug wires but if that doesnt fix it then I think it might be misfiring. It does that on idle or when im going 40mph(every time) and other high speeds. Any explanation to this?
12-17-2013, 05:20 PM
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Late reply back from me on this but Thanks for the info on this stececcato. I just had my clutch done today RIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS and now the plugs and wires are next on my list of "to do's"...
05-01-2020, 12:46 AM
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I have same issue
Hi All,
So like the title of the thread says, SOMETIMES after I start my car (usually after the car has been warmed up and driven previously in the day) I will be sitting there say putting on my seatbelt or whatever and all of a sudden I hear sort of a loud and deep sounding POP that seems to come from the passenger side of the engine bay. Is this a "miss"?
I have no CEL on and it has me a bit boggled. Like I said, it only happens sometimes so its hard to really get a gauge as to where it is coming from or what it could be,
Does anyone have any idea?
So like the title of the thread says, SOMETIMES after I start my car (usually after the car has been warmed up and driven previously in the day) I will be sitting there say putting on my seatbelt or whatever and all of a sudden I hear sort of a loud and deep sounding POP that seems to come from the passenger side of the engine bay. Is this a "miss"?
I have no CEL on and it has me a bit boggled. Like I said, it only happens sometimes so its hard to really get a gauge as to where it is coming from or what it could be,
Does anyone have any idea?
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