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Intermittent misfire/pop at idle

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Hey everyone im new to this group but have read many forums in here and sorry for this long post but I could use a hand I’m honestly stumped.

I have a 15 gt pp1 mt82 just hit 80k miles. It will misfire/skip/pop at idle or with light throttle just in neutral with no load. No codes and It’s intermittent and will idle normal other times videos are just cut down so they’re not long lol. Has a boss 302 manifold with a factory intake, catless long tube headers, h pipe and magnaflow mufflers along with a Lund tune for the manifold and was only replaced because imrc’s took a dump.

This pop is more noticeable out of the passenger tail pipe

I have replaced

-4 vct solenoids

-maf sensor

-coils and plugs

-crank position sensor

-both intake and exhaust cam sensors

-driver and passenger upstream o2’s

All have been oem ford

Supposedly throttle body and injectors were all brand new 5k miles ago but dealership also said that about the manifold…
Afr at idle bounces between 13.6-14.2 on dash

Intake cam ounces between 29.7 and 30.2 and is being commanded to sit at 30

Exhaust cam bounces between -0.12 and 0.06

Short term fuel trims bounce between .98 and 1.01 for both banks

At idle Long term fuel trim on bank 1 sits around 0.98 and 1.01 but bank 2 will sit around 1.15 which I know isn’t normal but I don’t see the short terms trying to make up for it. And while driving they both go back to normal percentages and both banks sit around .99-1.02

Fuel pump duty cycle is 29% at idle

Battery voltage is good from what I can tell reads 14.2v on the dash

Vacuum gauge reads around 18 and doesn’t fluctuate

Don’t see or feel any noticeable exhaust leaks anywhere

Checked for vacuum leaks by spraying starting fluid on all possible spots but didn’t notice any change in rpm

Disconnected both catch cans to see if one was letting in air but that didn’t change it

Have done a few kam resets and multiple crank relearns with nothing changing.

Purge valve tests okay and have even tried running it without it connected to the intake and plugged the port.

Will sometimes pop when downshifting, not just burble but like one single pop

I haven’t been able to check the misfire counts in forscan but can try to soon and see if that gives me any more info.

And I thought maybe it was a phaser taking a dump but my sct not seeing it so I checked the logs and they’re pretty steady for both intake cams and both exhaust cams.

Other thought was maybe a tune issue but was told everything’s normal and tan it with the factory tune and idle the same just threw a code for imrc’s

Correct me if I’m wrong but I honestly don’t think it would be low compression since it’s so intermittent and only at idle car has plenty of power when driving. But I have not tested it

If anyone has any input I’d greatly appreciate it and if there’s any info I may be missing that could help I’d be happy to look into it.





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You changed all those parts because of the way your exhaust sounds ?
 

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You changed all those parts because of the way your exhaust sounds ?
This. There's no misfire. Car sounds just fine. If there was, the car would throw codes like it did when your intake pooped the bed.

Load up that parts cannon and fire away!!!! Since you enjoy working on your car, just chalk it up to hobby.
 
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This. There's no misfire. Car sounds just fine. If there was, the car would throw codes like it did when your intake pooped the bed.

Load up that parts cannon and fire away!!!! Since you enjoy working on your car, just chalk it up to hobby.
Okay I guess I’m just going crazy then lol car didn’t idle like this before which is why I figured something was wrong and didn’t want to wait for it to make things worse. i definitely do enjoy working on it so didn’t mind throwing new sensors at it figured it didn’t hurt either way
But thank you for reassuring me this is normal
 

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Issue does sound pretty minor. I would take the oil fill cap off while idling and listen for any unusual valve train noise. Could be something is starting to wear down with chain tensioners, phasers, or actual valve lift components.
 

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Could be a sticking/leaking injector
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