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Help me out here before I go insane!!! 93 SC, 130,000 miles on the clock. runs TERRIFIC, pulls good vacuum and boost and gets great milage. The engine idles very smoothly, gives no hiccups when accelerating, passed emmissions with flying colors as a a real "green" car, yet it "pops" in the exhaust (yes, that read "in" the exhaust, like in the cats or resonator) without any real reason for doing so.
Sometimes the popping sounds as though it is coming from the front passenger floorboard area, other times it is from farther rearward or on the drivers side. It moves about on it's own whim, and is annoying the hell out of me. It's there during light acceleration, cruising, and deceleration. It does not seem to rear it's ugly head above about 40 MPH. It is never more prominent in any one of these aforementioned driving modes than another.
What should I do about these gremlins other than opening a salvo of 300 magnum rounds in hopes of hitting a few these little devils? The car runs absolutely great in spite of these popping noises. They don't seem to interfere with drivability or performance in the least. They are just there to screw with my mind enough to send me over the edge and into the twilight zone!!
Afterburning whithin the exhaust is not something new, but it has always run hand in hand with a performance loss in my past experiences. This time, it does not. Somebody, please save what is left of my limited sanity and stop this damned popping noise before I will it onto some other unfortunate soul!!
An SC owner doomed to hell unless someone helps!!
Help me out here before I go insane!!! 93 SC, 130,000 miles on the clock. runs TERRIFIC, pulls good vacuum and boost and gets great milage. The engine idles very smoothly, gives no hiccups when accelerating, passed emmissions with flying colors as a a real "green" car, yet it "pops" in the exhaust (yes, that read "in" the exhaust, like in the cats or resonator) without any real reason for doing so.
Sometimes the popping sounds as though it is coming from the front passenger floorboard area, other times it is from farther rearward or on the drivers side. It moves about on it's own whim, and is annoying the hell out of me. It's there during light acceleration, cruising, and deceleration. It does not seem to rear it's ugly head above about 40 MPH. It is never more prominent in any one of these aforementioned driving modes than another.
What should I do about these gremlins other than opening a salvo of 300 magnum rounds in hopes of hitting a few these little devils? The car runs absolutely great in spite of these popping noises. They don't seem to interfere with drivability or performance in the least. They are just there to screw with my mind enough to send me over the edge and into the twilight zone!!
Afterburning whithin the exhaust is not something new, but it has always run hand in hand with a performance loss in my past experiences. This time, it does not. Somebody, please save what is left of my limited sanity and stop this damned popping noise before I will it onto some other unfortunate soul!!
An SC owner doomed to hell unless someone helps!!