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banging, bottom, car, coming, engine, gear, idle, knocking, loud, makes, making, noise, put, shifted, supercharger

Loud Knocking Sound When car is on idle, stops when put into gear

mrfrankmrfrank on Jan 7, 2007

Feb 17, 2024 08:57 AM
by ratfink6923

7

15,976

Tech / General Engine

1992, 305, 3rd, acceleration, camaro, car, detonator, gen, knock, knocking, load, motor, problem, rs, sensor, slow, spark, stop

Knock knock… Who’s there? DETONATION!

Gen X T/A on Oct 28, 2013

Dec 9, 2022 11:59 AM
by Fast355

22

4,488

Tech / General Engine

4l60e, 700r4, 700r4knockingnoise, engine, gm, grind, grinding, grinds, knocking, knocks, noise, putting, reverse, trans, transmission

700R4 knocking while in reverse

YenkoST on Jan 14, 2006

Nov 6, 2022 09:40 PM
by TheMagikMan

5

2,725

Transmissions and Drivetrain

1984, 350, buick, bumps, chain, end, engine, firebird, front, g35, hitting, jingle, jingling, jinglling, knocking, motor, noise, pontiac, sound, struts

This jingling noise is driving me NUTZ!!

UmmaGumma on Feb 17, 2004

Aug 3, 2022 11:50 AM
by aliceempire

29

28,623

Suspension and Chassis

53, 89, accelerate, back, car, decelerating, deceleration, engine, firebird, heard, knock, knocking, knocks, loud, motor, noise, start

Engine knock when decelerating???

Matt1821 on Dec 6, 2010

Sep 23, 2019 01:27 PM
by Aviator857

10

24,722

Tech / General Engine

bang, car, converter, engine, gen, knocking, knocks, lound, lsd, popping, put, putting, reverse, s10, sound, torque

Knocking/Tapping in reverse only

sschevy400 on May 1, 2009

May 17, 2017 08:32 AM
by 86LG4Bird

12

32,672

Tech / General Engine

1984, 305, 350, bad, car, determine, engine, howtotellifmycarsliftersarebad, knocking, lifter, lifters, make, sound, start, valve

How do you tell if a lifter is bad?

xxZ28xx on Oct 2, 2011

Apr 7, 2016 11:51 AM
by jbrawner88

12

12,970

Tech / General Engine

4l60e, 700r4, acceleration, accelration, clunck, converter, driving, firebird, identify, knocking, noise, rattling, sbc, sound, t5

knocking sound, think its coming from the tranny

Firebat on Jan 28, 2006

Nov 29, 2015 05:14 PM
by BrooklynGilmore

18

9,031

Tech / General Engine

1990, 86, 91, acceleration, car, engine, flush, intermittent, knock, knocking, radiator, revved, slight, sluggish, trans

1991 Trans AM Pinging, Knocking on acceleration, intermittent engine service light

Brian J on Apr 10, 2012

Sep 22, 2015 07:43 PM
by Brian J

19

7,445

Tech / General Engine

1985, 85, auto, back, easy, engine, firebird, heard, kit, knocking, lost, power, seats, shift, sound, trans, transam, tune

my 1985 trans am

talover111 on Nov 30, 2010

May 8, 2014 12:21 PM
by 1985blktransam

40

3,494

Members Firebirds

1406, 57, adjust, camaro, car, clutch, disengaged, edelbrock, gear, gears, idle, knock, knocking, knocks, press

Knock at idle, goes away with clutch disengaged

Mrbanados on Feb 16, 2014

Feb 16, 2014 10:27 PM
by QUICKCHICKEN

5

1,410

Transmissions and Drivetrain

1991, 98, balancer, bearing, cam, camaro, camero, fix, harmonic, knock, knocking, main, pulley, size, starter, wobbling

1991 Camaro RS - Harmonic Balancer Wobble / Knock

maxjivi05 on Aug 10, 2013

Aug 11, 2013 08:20 PM
by maxjivi05

9

3,188

Tech / General Engine

2013, camaro, end, front, frontend, gen, knock, knocking, rod, tie, turning

Front end knock. Please help.

sweet_87_iroc on Jul 27, 2013

Jul 27, 2013 06:14 PM
by Alice89

8

972

Suspension and Chassis

1991, bad, code, codes, common, cressida, engine, faulty, knock, knocking, knocks, reasons, sensor, throw, whats

Bad knock sensor; no codes?

Brian J on Jul 21, 2013

Jul 22, 2013 09:54 PM
by Brian J

7

8,957

Tech / General Engine

86, 87, 90, camaro, car, fast, hot, iroc, knocking, loses, loss, noise, ping, pinging, power, rs, z28

86 z28 tpi loss of power/pinging noise

jvl744 on Jun 26, 2013

Jun 27, 2013 07:00 AM
by ex-x-fire

1

888

Tech / General Engine

454, bbc, clatter, engine, fix, hear, initial, knock, knocking, motor, normal, rebuild, rebuilt, rod, startup

Elusive knock on just rebuilt engine FIXED

RWO3 on May 17, 2013

Jun 19, 2013 02:06 PM
by InfernalVortex

11

18,420

Tech / General Engine

1984, 350, 3rd, 400, advance, camaro, chevy, cked, engine, gen, heads, hu, knocking, ona, sbc, spark, timing, total, vortec

how much timing is too much

billybob6110 on Jun 10, 2013

Jun 11, 2013 10:58 AM
by billybob6110

7

1,292

Tech / General Engine

1985, 1989, 305, 350, backfire, backfires, camaro, car, intake, iroc, knocking, pop, popping, pops, tpi, trough

Backfires "pops" through intake

Livvie on Mar 31, 2013

Jun 5, 2013 12:50 AM
by Sojer

14

19,427

TPI

accelerating, car, driving, engine, idle, knock, knocking, making, noise, sound, thirdgen, worse

Engine Knocking at Idle and while driving

G33K5QU4D on May 9, 2013

May 9, 2013 11:15 AM
by G33K5QU4D

0

851

Tech / General Engine

2000, 3800, body, camaro, fell, flywheel, gasket, head, knocking, manual, oil, pan, replacement, rs, series, spring, transmission

My grenaded 3800!

Jeffs82TA on Mar 18, 2013

May 4, 2013 02:10 AM
by Jeffs82TA

20

4,189

V6

1986, 700r4, camaro, converter, knocking, torque

700r4 knocking need help

Bigben93 on Apr 12, 2013

May 2, 2013 09:43 AM
by ImBrandon

6

945

Transmissions and Drivetrain

98, car, clicking, crank, cranks, doesnt, engine, eventually, fine, idle, knocking, noise, runs, seafoam, start, starts, ticking, z28

Cranks forever, doesnt start, eventually starts right away

(

1 2)

FreeSpirit on Mar 24, 2013

Apr 10, 2013 05:52 PM
by FreeSpirit

50

6,272

Tech / General Engine

car, changed, changing, connected, engine, found, hear, knocking, misplaced, plug, plugs, seals, spark, start, tap, tapping, wire

Engine tapping after changing spark plugs

redmaro on Mar 9, 2013

Mar 11, 2013 10:40 PM
by redmaro

8

31,481

TBI

1988, 305, 89, broken, brokin, camaro, converter, flywheel, iroc, knocking, ls1, noise, problems, slammed, torque

Broken flywheel?

DD9TransAmGTA on Dec 2, 2012

Feb 17, 2013 08:24 PM
by DD9TransAmGTA

16

4,355

Transmissions and Drivetrain

04, 20, 2000, additive, additives, engine, harm, knocking, luasoil, oil, port, rio, smoking, split, stop

engine oil additives

DiabloWS6 on Jan 20, 2013

Jan 23, 2013 05:21 AM
by sofakingdom

25

1,641

Tech / General Engine

1992, 2000, 85, bump, camaro, clunk, end, firebird, front, gas, hit, knock, knocking, thirdgen, thump

Clunk in front end

Killert on Dec 9, 2012

Dec 20, 2012 04:53 PM
by morrow

5

2,586

Suspension and Chassis

Knocking on acceleration

stingerssx on Dec 2, 2012

Dec 5, 2012 05:41 PM
by ex-x-fire

4

761

Tech / General Engine

Engine knock and timing

bypass-21 on Dec 5, 2012

Dec 5, 2012 05:39 PM
by Chad85T/A

2

645

Tech / General Engine

20, 25in, 31, exhaust, headers, knock, knocking, kr, lean, motor, much, put, retard, spark, turbo

Knock Retard, How much is too much?

sailtexas186548 on Nov 24, 2012

Nov 26, 2012 04:35 PM
by fasteddi

24

13,462

Power Adders

88, camaro, crankshaft, driving, engine, highway, iroc, knocking, motor, noise, period, position, sensor, starts, time

Knocking sound after driving 2hrs HELP!

saldav420 on Nov 17, 2012

Nov 19, 2012 12:11 AM
by saldav420

12

1,438

Tech / General Engine

2004r, 95, broken, clicking, engine, flex, flexplate, knocking, loss, plate, power, swap, z28

Knocking and major power loss after tranny swap

Camarobreaker on Nov 13, 2012

Nov 14, 2012 07:28 PM
by jmd

6

935

Transmissions and Drivetrain

350, chevy, complete, knocking, pinging, rebuilding, trouble, valves

rebuild and swap got ?s

TnOL86 on Nov 1, 2012

Nov 3, 2012 11:07 PM
by 1gary

4

837

Tech / General Engine

1992, 305, 350, camaro, cap, clicking, diagnose, distributor, gm, knocking, noise, noisy, rs, tbi, thirdgen

distributor cap noise

mickeypatches on Jun 23, 2012

Oct 23, 2012 06:44 PM
by thecaminator

11

14,316

Tech / General Engine

1989, camaro, gear, gears, install, iroc, knock, knocking, motor, put, retard, sensor, swap, timing, trans

Knock sensor questions

88 Z28 Guy on Oct 22, 2012

Oct 23, 2012 06:03 PM
by 88 Z28 Guy

3

1,042

Tech / General Engine

57000, bearing, car, driving, knocking, ls1, mile, miles, noise, oil, put, rod, sound, synthetic, warm

Lower end knocking at 57000 Miles???

merc3065 on Jun 19, 2004

Oct 23, 2012 09:55 AM
by merc3065

8

1,454

Tech / General Engine

1986, 454, camaro, car, engine, good, knocking, loses, loss, metal, motor, nock, oil, power, pressure, sound, ticking

Knock, great oil pressure, loss of power, no metal in oil

hydrolic144 on Aug 14, 2012

Oct 10, 2012 01:22 PM
by lettuce

9

5,011

Tech / General Engine

bushing, camaro, clutch, driving, ford, gear, idling, knocking, noise, press, problems, shifter, swap, t5, transmission

t5 problems need help

tsha6189 on Sep 10, 2012

Sep 18, 2012 12:40 AM
by jmd

2

955

Transmissions and Drivetrain

1986, 1988, 50, 86, 91, camaro, fine, gen, hot, knocking, problems, stalls, start, trans, warm

problem with hot start?

Bobby_80s on Jun 21, 2012

Aug 15, 2012 11:53 AM
by Bobby_80s

9

3,561

Tech / General Engine

9c1, air, economy, filter, fuel, improvement, increase, increases, kn, knocking, mpg, seafoam, spectre, tbi, wbody, ypipe

fuel economy

IndyL03 on Aug 22, 2011

Aug 8, 2012 01:30 PM
by Beef

15

2,126

TBI

355, 411, 454, distributor, engine, gears, hei, knocking, loud, noise, pin, sounds, tap, vortec, wrist

Mysterious/Elusive loud engine tap on my 355

68Strat on Jul 25, 2012

Aug 6, 2012 12:03 PM
by cuisinartvette

7

2,147

Tech / General Engine

1970, 350, 3rd, block, camaro, drains, engine, gen, knock, knocking, mount, senor, sensor, thirdgen, transmission, water

Knock senor on 1970 block

Tery114 on Jul 17, 2012

Jul 17, 2012 07:44 PM
by eseibel67

2

690

Tech / General Engine

89, colder, corvette, engine, knock, knocking, knocks, l98, lt1, neutral, plugs, sm465, sound, thirdgen, vette

Please help!! L98 knocking when warm, i have replaced EVERYTHING!

88TPIZ on Jan 15, 2010

Jul 16, 2012 10:12 AM
by 88TPIZ

7

3,009

TPI

but, camero, car, clunk, clutch, knocking, leaking, make, making, noise, oil, rolling, sound, t5, thumping, transmission, v6

Banging/knocking noise while depressing the clutch, have questions

Wiggles on Jul 6, 2012

Jul 10, 2012 03:04 PM
by 91phoenix

6

6,600

Transmissions and Drivetrain

305, 3rd, 86, camaro, car, fine, firebird, gen, knock, knocking, making, noise, noises, rear, runs, smacking, tbi, tpi

Knocking/smacking noise? Not from inside engine tho

Jfinnkma91 on Jun 30, 2012

Jun 30, 2012 11:46 PM
by fervernt

7

1,431

Tech / General Engine

1988, 1995, 87, accelerate, assembly, axle, camaro, clunk, clunking, diagnosis, end, iroc, knocking, ls1, rear, z28

Rear end clunk

chevypower91 on Jun 26, 2012

Jun 26, 2012 08:53 PM
by Richboll

2

1,348

Transmissions and Drivetrain

16, camshafts, full, knock, knocking, lifters, make, noise, rocker, rockers, roller, sensor, sound, tip, trigger

Roller rockers causing knock counts?

antman89iroc on Jun 24, 2012

Jun 26, 2012 11:14 AM
by antman89iroc

7

3,629

DIY PROM

10, 15, 40, camaro, car, change, changed, engine, gen, hearing, knock, knocking, oil, rattle, rattling, started

engine knocking after oil change?

J-money on Jun 10, 2012

Jun 24, 2012 12:11 AM
by TreeFiddy

18

40,357

Tech / General Engine

1986, 305, 50, bad, camaro, codes, corvette, degrees, knock, knocking, pinging, pings, sensor, tpi, wot

305 TPI pinging under wot

White93z34 on May 10, 2011

Jun 23, 2012 11:36 PM
by lettuce

9

3,930

Tech / General Engine

4th, 53l, camaro, cold, engine, generation, knock, knocking, rebuild, rebuilt, seconds, sound, started, t5, tick, vortec

Rebuilt Engine - Start-Up Tick / Knock ?

BWilcox on Jun 10, 2012

Jun 18, 2012 04:21 PM
by ASE doc

5

11,224

Tech / General Engine

350, car, chevy, engine, gear, idle, knock, knocking, knocks, loud, low, motor, rpm, shut, throttle

low idle knock

deadman on May 20, 2012

May 23, 2012 07:22 PM
by krisner89

6

13,087

Tech / General Engine

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