Engine Noise - Bad RCA's?

[DigitalBee]

I have a bad engine noise, and I believe I have isolated it to a pair of RCA's going to my rear speakers. [img]graemlins/bs.gif[/img] What makes RCA's go bad? This will be the 3rd time I have replaced them! Is there any way of repairing this problem without completely changing out the RCA's? This is a major pain in the rearend! :mad:

Thanks . . .

[96firebird311]

The most common cause of noise in RCA's in from your power wire being too close to the RCA's. I doubt your RCA's are "going bad". If your positive it's the RCA's try re-running them away from everything! Another common problem, not RCA's related, did you connect the factory ground wire to the ground on your head unit? If so, make another ground straight to the chassis and run the ground from your CD player to that instead. Factory grounds tend to be used for a lot of other things and are noisy.

P.S. How do you like your flowmaster? Does it rice out at any RPM?

[DigitalBee]

Thanks! I learned alot just now... I will have to check and see how close my power wire is from my RCA's, I Don't remember? lol..

I am using the factory ground, I will run a new ground today. Question though, can more than one componet use one ground source, or should each device have its own ground? I have an EQ running from the same ground. Is this ok?

Thanks ...

[96firebird311]

It is best to have all your equipment run off the same ground. I would never use a factory ground WIRE for any audio equipment. If your EQ is using the factory ground wire, move it too.

[96firebird311]

It is best to have all your equipment run off the same ground. Make sure you get a good metel to metal contact. Sand off the paint!! I would never use a factory ground WIRE for any audio equipment. If your EQ is using the factory ground wire, move it too.