After I drove the car about 30 miles today and I was parked in the garage and still idling, I noticed every ten seconds or so I would hear a click. Just a single click every so often and then I turned off the car and I still heard one every so often, then I left the garage. Is that normal?? Am I just being overly paranoid after hearing about that 4th cylinder problem??? What do you think. I have 280 miles on the car. I value all opinions.

Thank You,

 

it's normal... just the car cooling down... namely it's parts like the exhaust manifold, the cat, etc...


-Shing

 

Shing,

Even when the car is still on????

 

I have that too, I think it will go away as you break in your car. My Prelude use to have the same sound when it was new.

 

Sounds more like a relay engaging to me. ...and yes this is normal.

 

Yes, even when the car is on, just idling... it can pop. The temp is lower than when you are driving around.

Either that, or like Utah said, it's a relay...

-Shing

 

It is normal.

If you ever modify your exhaust (catback) it clicks fairly load as the piping cools down.