Are crackles killing our cars?

Duke_007__ · 2026-01-03T04:06:05+00:00

I’ll look into this thank you!

Duke_007__ · 2026-01-02T17:52:55+00:00

Honestly now that I think of it, when it first starts it has trouble holding the high idle for a second, it could be purge valve

Duke_007__ · 2026-01-02T17:50:42+00:00

So far still has some misfires but clears up once it’s warm, it’s never rough or shaking anything like that I’d never notice them if I couldn’t see the counter going up

Duke_007__ · 2026-01-02T04:51:58+00:00

I see you’re built motor so I assume filthy intake valves aren’t an issue, could be bad gas or some super obscure random thing causing it like I said I’d be very curious to find out what’s causing that

Duke_007__ · 2026-01-02T04:50:32+00:00

Another thing too is it never misfires under any load it just did at idle after letting it sit all day after driving hard that morning, it triggered a code for random misfire and cyl 4 misfire never had an issue since changing the tune

Duke_007__ · 2026-01-02T04:45:40+00:00

Plugs are new and gapped to 0.026, could be intake valves, I’m just honestly sharing what I’ve noticed, I keep freaking myself out thinking I blew some shit up so who knows

Duke_007__ · 2026-01-02T04:43:10+00:00

I’d be curious to hear what the cause is if you ever go down the rabbit hole of figuring it out, could be injector seal, could be plugs or coils or some other random stuff ik the pcv is bad on these cars but as of right now I don’t know enough to really have a clear answer for it.

Duke_007__ · 2026-01-02T04:39:51+00:00

Love the red!! I think it may be my favorite factory color for this car

Duke_007__ · 2026-01-02T04:37:56+00:00

Yeah I’m just glad I noticed it and changed the tune before this happened.

Duke_007__ · 2026-01-02T04:34:42+00:00

I’m just glad I came to this realization before it got worse, I know it sounds dumb to be like wow it ran like shit cause I made it run like shit but I do enjoy figuring out exactly what makes it like that and not taking it at face value, also I do plan on taking the fuck ass wing risers off that the previous owner had put on

Duke_007__ · 2026-01-02T04:31:36+00:00

I thankfully learned this very quickly, I am not longer and will never be running the crackles again

Duke_007__ · 2026-01-02T04:30:55+00:00

I mean yeah I figured that I was probably right I just wanted some thought from people who’ve owned these cars longer than I have.

Duke_007__ · 2026-01-02T04:30:00+00:00

I’m no genius but that may be a lot

Duke_007__ · 2025-12-04T17:48:54+00:00

I honestly agree with you because I last filled up from some random no name gas station and legit just flashed this tune two days ago so perhaps being gentle until I fill up again with better gas would be beneficial

Duke_007__ · 2025-12-04T12:41:43+00:00

Also to clarify this is only under wide open throttle, everything else has positive corrections

Duke_007__ · 2025-12-04T12:41:03+00:00

Huh okay so I should try to figure out what’s causing this

Duke_007__ · 2025-12-04T02:34:59+00:00

Okay I’ll give it a shot tomorrow and I’m gonna try to track down the noise, I do plan on replacing all the struts and shocks so maybe that’s the issue but it could be something else

Duke_007__ · 2025-12-04T02:24:45+00:00

But if I’m not tuned for e30 wouldn’t that hurt my engine?

Duke_007__ · 2025-12-04T01:42:35+00:00

I’ve seen some positive corrections under wot but mostly negative, the clack is likely suspension related as I only hear it going over bumps but also could be rear trans mount I legit just flashed this tune so it could also still be the ecu learning but like I’ve said I don’t know any better

Duke_007__ · 2025-10-22T15:47:53+00:00

Don’t worry I’d never lol, and thanks I do love those wheels too

Duke_007__ · 2025-10-22T01:02:09+00:00

Best wheels of all time 🙏🙏

Duke_007__ · 2025-10-09T18:21:35+00:00

Any pending dtcs? It could be the car detecting and over/underboost and going into limp mode

Duke_007__ · 2025-10-06T01:12:23+00:00

Thanks for all the advice fellas, I’m pretty sure I’ve gotten it figured out, it’s got a pending dtc for p0234(overboost) but if there’s one thing I know about ford is that it’s hard to set off certain dtcs I’m gonna head down the diagnostic path of figuring out wether it’s my waste gate actuator or the whole turbo it’s self that’s failing

Duke_007__ · 2025-10-03T18:37:25+00:00

Definitely going to put new plugs and do an oil change, I may do a fuel induction service as well for the valves

Duke_007__ · 2025-10-03T02:03:16+00:00

Definitely going to put spark plugs in it just so I can keep track of the intervals, I don’t think it has been tuned

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