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Old 01-22-02, 07:37 PM
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Hey fellas, little help? i have a small "skip"

My car runs strong and nice, with only 63K on the ticker, and at idle, it seems to have a little "skip" in it, like maybe every two three seconds you can here the skip, any one knwo what it is? it goes away when reving, or at least isnt as bad, i tried messing witht he timing and running premium and chekcing the plugs/wires and everything..... anyone know what this might be?
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does any one know? if not... its cool, my freinds 86 did it at idle, i was just curious if there was a way to get rid of it bc it kinda sputters when it "skips",.. thanks everyone
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I'm not sure if this is the same symptom that I had, but my '90 GXL had a "Pop" in the exhaust. The car did not seem to ilde smoothly (looking at it under a microscope - Rev meter on the ECU) but the 7 did the baritone rumble then "Pough" - a kind of pop sound about every three or four seconds.

Yesterday I had a slight exhaust leak addressed and "What do you know?" The "Pop" went away.

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if they are little "putts" then that is normal. the rotary likes to backfire...
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hhmm.. could be man, ill go over my whole exhaust and double check for any holes or leaks or anything, thanks alot bro
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Originally posted by Yelow RX-7
if they are little "putts" then that is normal. the rotary likes to backfire...
yeah, thats what it hought to.. but, its not really constant, so i just thought it might be a problem, thanks anyways man, you may just be right about it being normal, it runs fine, just the little "skip" or "putt" just kinda got me thinking, no big deal though, thanks
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My T2 does it too, usually when on the high idle (1500rpm or more) Once it's warmed up and gets driven around the block it settles down at 700ish and it stops doing that. I assumed it had something to do with the street port.
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I have exactly the same thing on my '87 TII without a streetport. I have not cats, airpump, acv, egr, etc....otherwise stock. Thing is my car does not do it all the time.....go figure. Seems better if the variable resistor is adjusted all the way lean.

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My bone-stock 89 TII and my buddy's bone-stock-and-damn-near-perfect 87 TII both do that, too. It's a sort of "hmmmmm-blum-hmmmmmmmmmm-blum-blum-hmmmmmm" from the exhaust. Really neat sounding, and not a problem. Someone told me that once I get an open exhaust, when I get a little "blum" I'll see a quick blue flame out the exhaust. Ubercool.

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awsome, thanks guys, i was pretty sure nothing was wrong, but it never hurts to double check, thanks again everyone.... and.. damn you and your turboII... haha.. jk
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