relay constant clicking under dash
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relay constant clicking under dash
im sure its somewhere under the dash. seems like when i let off the gas. comes and goes. the only thing i had running were headlights. any ideas? sometimes it clicks at a fast pace sometimes it clicks only once.
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This may sound silly but its worth a shot. Ive been installing car alarm systems for years now and i have worked on cars before where when there is a problem with the brain the relays on the inside could be tripping. That may not be it but like i said its worth a shot.
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just go through your car and turn things on one by one untill something weird happens to let you know what relay it is. then you can test it from there to see what the problem is
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Not entirely, my turbo conversion would do this often, the AFM would slam shut and i'd hear the relay click, then it'd open again and continue on it's way.
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you mean when you let off the throttle? i guess since it wouldnt use much of the available pressure to keep it going. but he says its like a constant clicking pattern...
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ya didnt see that. my question is how the hell can you hear a relay while the car is running? stock exhaust with a silencer? i guess if the thing isnt running differently dont worry about it, your just picking up on a sound that most people dont notice
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haha, well, I noticed originally on my SAFC when it'd hit 0, and my stumble when getting back on the gas, so I was like WTF, that and I always 'heard' the click, but never payed attention to it, but hell I had no cats and two apexi N1's and I could hear it, it's not all that hard in the cabin when you're cruising though, and most cars don't slam the AFM shut.
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Originally Posted by Mint87RX7
you mean when you let off the throttle? i guess since it wouldnt use much of the available pressure to keep it going. but he says its like a constant clicking pattern...
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well, i took it for a drive and its still the same thing.... only when i let off the throttle. its so hard to catch it when the damn exhaust is so friggin loud *shrug* snows flyin tommorow guys so its going away for a few months and ill ask when shes back out and i can hear myself think.
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hey, i think its the relay for pump. when i let off its around 2,000 itll click a few times and sometimes its when i push in the clutch. is this a big concern that it sudenly seems louder that normal? or is it just me being paranoid? thanks everyone for the help!! you all get big GOLD STARS for the week!! woot.
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im having a damn similar problem on my 86 n/a, but the clicking is usually right around 3grand for me, and when it clicks its like my throttle cuts off and then back on, causing my car to jerk violently once or twice, but if i baby the throttle, or give it a little clutch while its going on it works its way through
at first i thought it was just because id put some injector cleaner into my tank and i was just getting dirty gas clogs from crap at the bottom, but originally it was cutting off at around 5 grand, stopped doing that for a day and now its at 3 grand
im pretty sure like people have said here its just a relay, but im not sure which one, or how to find out exactly
hopefully this is the same problem, and something easy to fix >_<
at first i thought it was just because id put some injector cleaner into my tank and i was just getting dirty gas clogs from crap at the bottom, but originally it was cutting off at around 5 grand, stopped doing that for a day and now its at 3 grand
im pretty sure like people have said here its just a relay, but im not sure which one, or how to find out exactly
hopefully this is the same problem, and something easy to fix >_<
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on my way home from work tonight i noticed the clicking and fuel cut at a little bit lower of an rpm, around 2k like 88rxna said, but i also noticed it only does it till its warmed up? O_o
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