engine noise

tkozaki1 · 9-9-07, 14:23

I looked through the archives and didn't find my exact problem. I started to hear a lot of suspension noise several weeks ago going over bumps. I replaced lower ball joints, tie rods, and sway bar links before the suspension noise. Now I am getting an engine surge while i'm just cruising and not accelerating. It has been getting worse the last few days. Today I checked just reving the motor in neutral. I got the surge at a constant RPM. Also the higher the RPM the worse the surging. During the surge, the engine is making a lot of noise. I checked the spark plugs and they look like each one is firing good. I will sometimes get a clunk noise when I press in the clutch but not always. I was wondering if anyone had any ideas?

**Davaro** · 9-11-07, 1:53

Sounds like the whole car is wrecked. Sell it.

Apache600 · 9-11-07, 7:08

I've got that same "surge" of power thing while either idleing or cruising, but it's not consistant, and i can't predict when it will happen. However, i do hear what sounds like a pump or a fan start up in the engine when this is happening. It doesn't appear that there are any misfires during this time. Like you ... i'm stumped

roskoracing77 · 9-11-07, 18:23

Have you checked for intake leaks. Sometimes they will make the engine shoot up in rpm because it detects more air and sends more fuel.

**the3wang** · 9-11-07, 20:58

uh i heard that air bubbles in the coolant will do the idle surge i dunno bout crusing though. My car has that problem and i'm too lazy to check it out. It got better after i seafoamed my engine though

tkozaki1 · 9-27-07, 18:22

Just giving you guys an update on my problem. I found the engine surging problem to be the spark plugs and wires. Once I changed those I haven't had any problems with the engine surging at cruise speed.

I still haven't found my suspension noise. I did buy some new moog sway bar endlinks awhile back. From what I remember they are thicker than the original ones. I thought those might be hitting the control arm. There looks like to be a little mark on the control arm but still not sure about that. There is only about 1/8" gap between the endlink and control arm. I was wondering if anyone could see about there endlinks gap with the control arm.

One last thing. I wanted to thank Davaro for his reply of great wisdom.

**the3wang** · 9-27-07, 21:04

whats the year/model of that car?

tkozaki1 · 9-28-07, 8:18

Its a 96 RS 2.0L with manual tranny.

**Car-InsanE** · 9-28-07, 16:35

the suspension noise could be strut mounts