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- From: spe2mje@thor.cf.ac.uk (Michael Evans)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: Strange snapping sound
- Message-ID: <28097.9212151545@thor.cf.ac.uk>
- Date: 15 Dec 92 15:45:50 GMT
- References: <1992Dec12.074859.857411@zeus.calpoly.edu> <1992Dec12.081144.146186@zeus.calpoly.edu>
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- In article <1992Dec12.081144.146186@zeus.calpoly.edu> sparker@zeus.calpoly.edu (Sean Lawrence Parker) writes:
- |In article <1992Dec12.074859.857411@zeus.calpoly.edu> sparker@zeus.calpoly.edu (Sean Lawrence Parker) writes:
- |>I have a 1992 ford mustang, every time I stop the car at a fast pace or
- |>down shift at a high rpm(2500 or greater) I hear a strange snapping
- |>sound coming from the rear of the car.I don't have to be going fast. It
- |>always happens when the car is slowing down pretty fast, and it doesn't
- |>matter whether the car is in gear or not ,the clutch in or not, going
- |>forward or going in reverse.
- |>Some one was telling me that maybe it is a bushing in one of the lower
- |>or upper control arms in the rear but I'm not sure about that.Has any
- |>body had this same problem or any idea what this might be. Any help
- |>would be appreciated.
- |>Thanks in advance,
- |>Sean Parker Email- sparker@morpheus.calpoly.edu
- |
- |t could also be called a popping type sound.
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- Hi there,
- This snapping sound could be a form of backfiring.
- It would be worth checking the ignition timing etc,.
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