Popping sound from exhaust at idle???
 

Its hard to explain, but when my car is idling,if I go to the exhaust and listen it has a popping sound almost as if the timing is off or bad plugs and wires or something ( I already changed plugs and wires and it still does it). It sounds like a misfire? no check engine light. does any body understand or know what im talking about, im confused?

how long ago did you change your plugs and wires?

Any chance you could get a video or audio clip for us to listen to?

Is your car ported?

It's a rotary

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yeah sounds like an average rotary to me...

Mine sounds the same.

mines does it too.. Street port..

same here...i just thought that was normal...mine does it a lot at warm-up

If you have anything but the stock exhaust, this is perfectly normal.

ditto.

I have the same "problem" with my street ported engine. Have a look/listen to it here.

macen, maybe it's just me but i don't hear anything wrong. sounds like a normal rx to me.

Can't you hear the popping from the exhaust? Or do you think that's normal?
The engine shakes a bit at idle. Runs pretty smooth when driving.

well mine is not modded at all, no street port and stock exhaust. I have heard this could mean im running a little rich? I hope this is what it is cause I already know im running rich lol. Besides this , the car rides exellent and smooth, ill try and get a video

You will be even more crazy about it once you mod your car. I thought my car was ruined twice this month. LOL

Mine does something like that, but only at warm up...when it idles after warm up, it just purrrrrrsssss....

mine does it when i down shift also just thought it was ok

macen, how warmed up is the car. I hear the popping now. That's pretty standard I believe for a rotary when it's not yet fully warmed. Mine does it in morning or on start-up but after temps go up it stops.

mine is quiet in idle, but it pops when i let off the gas quickly. I think mine is running a little rich too, the back of my bumper gets a bit of soot on it quickly.