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Author Topic: exhaust leak's.... PeNiNsula302 ¯ Member # 1061 posted                              Well i have been a little suspicious of my car having an exhaust leak in the past but now i really do think somethings wrong... There is a, well lets say "fluttering" sound when i am accelerating and i think decelerating also. It sounds like its coming from under the car (mid section), but i cant be sure. My question is what do i look for when i go under the car to see if i have a leak? I mean anything specifically? I checked once and tightened a few bolts on the crosspipe section, but i think it might be where the headers meet the x pipe. anyone? Posts: 3423 | Registered: Mar 2002  |  : cobraman_1994 ¯ Member # 467 posted                              all of my leaks (yes, ive had a lot of exhaust leaks ) sounded like a ticking sound. mabey you have a bad vaccume leak? hows your car run? -------------------- 86 GT Posts: 4882 | From: eldorado hills | Registered: Sep 2001  |  : PeNiNsula302 ¯ Member # 1061 posted                              well, as far as i can tell its running good, other than that sound. I dont feel a loss of performance or anything, but who knows what i may come across in the next few days. I really hadnt driven it in a few days before i drove it yesterday and noticed it.. Posts: 3423 | Registered: Mar 2002  |  : Norgs ¯ Member # 649 posted                              can u even smell the exhaust from where u think its leaking? or do u just hear a sound? -------------------- R.I.P. Miles 12/8/02 R.I.P. Mike 12-2-03 cant believe it. gonna miss u man!! Posts: 1031 | From: Tempe...formally San Ramon | Registered: Dec 2001  |  : 00silver-gt ¯ Member # 1655 posted                                 Just listen for a ticking sound, but be careful that sound could also be your throwout bearing -------------------- 5-SPEED BBK OFF ROAD X-PIPE SHORTY HEADERS MAC MUFFLERS W/3"TIPS MAC COLD AIR INTAKE EIBACH SPORTLINE SPRINGS Posts: 48 | From: Pleasanton, CA | Registered: Aug 2002  |  : PeNiNsula302 ¯ Member # 1061 posted                              norgs-----my exhaust stinks period, so locating one spot might be diffuclt, but ill check... would the ticking be there at idle?? Posts: 3423 | Registered: Mar 2002  |  : Norgs ¯ Member # 649 posted                              ya...it should..mine was when i had a leak -------------------- R.I.P. Miles 12/8/02 R.I.P. Mike 12-2-03 cant believe it. gonna miss u man!! Posts: 1031 | From: Tempe...formally San Ramon | Registered: Dec 2001  |  : PeNiNsula302 ¯ Member # 1061 posted                              ok well we went to check into the problem today, & this is how it went. The ticking is very much noticeable at idle, and gets more rapid as the rpms increase. So i look and see that a header bolt is missing and i start to think that just *maybe* that might be causing some sort of air gap. So we replace the missing bolt, and the ticking is still there. Now i notice its coming from not so much maybe the headers, but actually right on top of it from the heads. Could it be a bad lifter or something? I heard those are notorious problems on 5.0's. Posts: 3423 | Registered: Mar 2002  |  : Norgs ¯ Member # 649 posted                              could be...they might just need to be torqued down or something...do u have aftermarket roller rockers?? get a stethascope (however u spell it) turn on the engine and put the stethascope on places the ticking could be and then u can narrow down where it is coming from. might help cause it is hard to gigure out if u have a rocker arm tick since if u have the intake and valve covers off...u cant start the engine. it could also be a loose injector. i heard taht is another common problem -------------------- R.I.P. Miles 12/8/02 R.I.P. Mike 12-2-03 cant believe it. gonna miss u man!! Posts: 1031 | From: Tempe...formally San Ramon | Registered: Dec 2001  |  : liftedF150 ¯ Member # 868 posted                              well all new exaust could fix that -------------------- GO SHARKS! Posts: 3259 | From: Discovery Bay | Registered: Feb 2002  |  : PeNiNsula302 ¯ Member # 1061 posted                              lol bro i got all new exhaust, bbk shorty's, off road x, and 2 chamber flows...cant be that Posts: 3423 | Registered: Mar 2002  |  : AL STOCK Its All Stock Cuzzon Member # 1852 posted                                 Mines make a little tick tick tick tick sound on TOP OF THE UPPER INTAKE!! The tick is like a fan spinning.. I think its a vaccum leak cuz of the high idles.. Im not realy worried but will get it fixed before 2003 w/ TFS Upper & Lower Intake -------------------- .:: FANATICS ::. 93 Cobra Teal 93 Cobra V Red 90 SSP SVT Raptor Huracan Rosso Mars E63s W213 Selenite Gray C7Z M7 Daytona Sunrise Posts: 6501 | From: San Bruno | Registered: Sep 2002  |  : RiddlerGT Midnight King Member # 113 posted                                 Well if a header bolt is missing, chances are the gasket is now ripped time for new header gaskets. -------------------- SR Posts: 2292 | From: San Ramon | Registered: Dec 2000  |  : liftedF150 ¯ Member # 868 posted                              im missing a header bolt and my gasket is just fine -------------------- GO SHARKS! Posts: 3259 | From: Discovery Bay | Registered: Feb 2002  |  : Norgs ¯ Member # 649 posted                              ur just lucky -------------------- R.I.P. Miles 12/8/02 R.I.P. Mike 12-2-03 cant believe it. gonna miss u man!! 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