F-Type ( X152 ) 2014 - Onwards

cracking, popping noises

Old May 23, 2019 | 07:00 PM
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I pulled into my garage after a 35 minute drive home from work today (@30-60 mph) and shut off the engine. I then heard crackling and popping-like noise from the rear underside of the car for several minutes. After doing a search for crackling, popping noise, etc. on the forum, I'm not coming up with anything. I thought I had read that catalytic converter going bad may make noise, but not finding this issue. Any thoughts as to what these noises may be?
 

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Old May 23, 2019 | 08:41 PM
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If you can get a video with sound, that would help. Normally, you could hear some crackling and/or popping (depending how you interpret it) from the exhaust and heat shields cooling down.
 
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Old May 24, 2019 | 05:14 AM
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I have a video that I tried to upload but am getting message that .mp4 file not accepted type? It could be heat shield cooling, but I've never heard it before yesterday.
 
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Old May 24, 2019 | 06:43 AM
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Originally Posted by jaguny
I have a video that I tried to upload but am getting message that .mp4 file not accepted type? It could be heat shield cooling, but I've never heard it before yesterday.
Good morning Vince.

Like a few others here, mahjik is always a voice of “reason” but if it makes you feel any better, I too have heard, let’s just say, “noises” after a drive and parking the car in my garage. It’s not something which is constant or even often (I’d say rarely) but I just took it to mean the car was letting me know “it” was satisfied with the outing. Whatever the f&^*% that means.

Have a great day, as I know you will.
 
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Old May 24, 2019 | 07:03 AM
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you could upload that video from your phone to youtube and then link the youtube video here


the good news is that this thread follows the "Jaguarforums.com Rule of Thirds." 1/3 of posts are about noise the car makes when it shouldn't, a 1/3 are about noise the car doesn't make when it should, and 1/3 are about how to check the oil level!
 
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Old May 24, 2019 | 07:16 AM
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Use Youtube to host your video, and post the link here.
 
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Old May 24, 2019 | 09:22 AM
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Originally Posted by RickyJay52
Good morning Vince.

Like a few others here, mahjik is always a voice of “reason” but if it makes you feel any better, I too have heard, let’s just say, “noises” after a drive and parking the car in my garage. It’s not something which is constant or even often (I’d say rarely) but I just took it to mean the car was letting me know “it” was satisfied with the outing. Whatever the f&^*% that means..
Jay's car getting home is a bit like an SR-71 after landing. Both seem to have a top speed of around Mach 3...
 
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Old May 24, 2019 | 05:05 PM
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Another vote for things cooling down and contracting "noisily". Everything about the F-Type is NOISE.
 

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Old May 25, 2019 | 07:02 AM
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I've pretty much concluded that's it is part of the cooling down. The change is that I now can drive my car directly into my garage without having to open the barn doors of my old garage and I have lots of space around it. I can auto close the door while still in the car and I think the sound is much more pronounced than maybe I would have noticed under my previous parking situation.

Another crisis averted Thanks for all the input everyone.
 
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