Odd noise when idling?
 

Is this normal?

https://vimeo.com/187322542

Yep. Welcome to port and direct injection boxer engine ownership. They sound like old Russian farm tractors at idle. You will also hear all sorts of weird noises from the tranny so don't panic.

Appears to be normal. What's that old saying about a Subaru? Something like, if it isn't making weird noises your Subaru is probably broken.

Has it always made that sound ...... or did it just start doing it .. ??

Does it do it after it's warmed up or just at start up .. ??


humfrz

Does it do it with a goat?
Does it do it on a boat?
Does it do it here or there?
Does it do it everywhere?

TOTALED
http://www.boss302forum.com/public/s...fault/drop.gif

friend sat in my car for a minute yesterday and told me I had a loose belt to which I replied, nope that's the high pressure fuel pump. its good. vol ++++ PROBLEM SOLVED I shouted.

YIKES! ............Tcoat has gone poet on us .....someone ban that crap ......quickly ...... :eyebulge:


humfrz

Well I know that in your day it was Med Student Seuss but I figured with the grandkids and all you may have got the reference.


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Seems that issue has been tweaked a bit in the 86 as well.

Odd noise when idling?
 

The car was warmed up already, I think it's gotten louder, I don't remember it being that loud but I'm not sure, I might have to take it to the dealer to get it looked at since it's still under warranty.

Good plan........:thumbsup:


humfrz

Certainly IT WILL BUFF OUT !


And should that fail...Punk Rock surely will help...works for me.



But watch out...these cars are designed to self destruct just past 60,000 miles....coming very soon.

So this came up...http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...1b0e1f14c5.jpg

What is it?

Low tire pressure.

A warning that you haven't read your manual yet.

:slap: ....... because you haven't read your manual.

another :slap: ....... because you should be able to figure it out, even if you didn't read your manual.

Now, go put about 35 psi of air in all of your car's tires.

:slap: ....... that one is just because I felt like it.

:D


humfrz

Tcoat has gone soft on us ...... :sigh:


humfrz

Also this, what's it for and how do I use it?http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...9e91dd283a.jpg

No I just figured if he won't believe that the sound clip he made is a perfectly normal sounding boxer engine ( after asking if it was normal at that) then he would not believe that there is a such thing as a book that tells you all those hidden secrets. Even I sometimes know when to just give up.

Not sure if it is a cultural thing now or just a result of ease of information on the internet but damn it seems people go out of their way to try and find something wrong with their cars sometimes.

I think new drivers are overwhelmed with too much information about their cars.

Remember, back-in-the-day, we just looked and listened to "the vital signs".

* car ran out of gas - walk to the next farm and borrow a gallon of gas

* car was billowing steam from under the hood - fill it with ditch water and wrap a rag around the busted radiator hose.

* car vapor locked - place a wet rag on fuel line & re-prime

* tire went flop-flop-flop - put on the spare

* car flooded - hold open the choke with a pen, push accelerator to the floor and hold it while cranking the engine till it started

* car wouldn't stop - downshift and apply emergency brake

* car died at idle - take a screwdriver or a dime and turn idle screw clockwise a time or two.

* car won't fire during damp weather - take off your T-shirt and dry out the distributor contacts

* car is mis-firing - pull plug wires one at a time till you find the fouled plug, pull it and clean it up.

* I'm sure you old timers can add to the list......;)

Now ....... :sigh:


humfrz

I am going to dispute this one^!

98% of the time the e brake cables were either seized solid or had snapped years ago.

I am sure that people will counter with "well cars are more complex now". Yes, they are, but the quality of manufacture, vastly improved technology and materials more than make up for that.
I find it entertaining that the same guys that will freak out and tell people to take their at in for a full cooling system flush because somebody put 4 ounces of the wrong coolant in it are also the ones that will change their whole suspension and discuss the merits of FI at length.

#tooReal

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Wow... I always thought that was the driver flatulence warning!:bonk:

That would be a warning light that I would most certainly have to disable.

Wait, so I should freak out when i ran low on oil and added half a quart of 5-30 to my 0-30 cuz its what I had in the garage? Holy shit my motor is gonna grenade...

Your engine is soon to be toast. Mix & match oil weights is a sure way to induce oil channel confusion in the engine. This will completely throw off the VVT (since it's oil controlled) and the valves will be coming from the right at the same time the piston is coming from the left.

Result:

Hey how did you get a pic of my Talon engine after it threw the timing belt?

http://i.imgur.com/2WqhDZm.png

rekt ☑ not rekt ☐

It's the "read your fucking owner's manual" light

In all seriousness, mixing and matching oils is bad. All oils have different chemicals in them ("oil" is not a homogenous fluid) and mixing can cause frothing of the oil and will break down the oil and change the viscosity and lubricity of the oil too. IMHO if this really happened, change the oil ASAP