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Posted by 9165pt0 (Member # 7625) on
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sounds like a header leak. when driving its not noticible at idle. goes away when you let off the throttle. but stays constant while giving it gas. louder with more load. i replaced header gaskets, old ones were blown. But no change at all in the sound after replacement. Running out of patience lol and ideas.
Posted by OneFastHatch. (Member # 9537) on
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Valves?
Posted by Marks93 (Member # 11130) on
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Just a couple of thoughts...
H/X/Y pipe not tight against collector end of the header? bolts loosened.
Possible crack in one of the headers, perhaps a weld broke near the collectors (happened to me).
Posted by 9165pt0 (Member # 7625) on
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ya. im starting to think the samething about the collectors or possible crack in header. the tick is really annoying, but only audible under a load. The connection seems to be pretty tight and flush between the h pipe and header, ill have to crawl under it again and try to keep looking.
Posted by norcalfiddy (Member # 11207) on
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Is the car running fine? Or alittle. Sluggish?
Posted by 9165pt0 (Member # 7625) on
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runs fine. just sounds annoying in the car, esp when in 3rd low rpms and you put the motor under load. its very audible, but like a tinny tick tick tick. speeds up and slows down accordingly with throttle. but runs fine
Posted by SacStangDriver (Member # 8304) on
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sure its not pinging?
Posted by 9165pt0 (Member # 7625) on
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def not pinging. not a rattle can type high pitch. more like a constant tick tick tick. exhaust shop thinks there maybe a crack inside the header. idk, but its hard to find
Posted by dohc90lx (Member # 11863) on
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if you know anyone with a evap smoke machine use it thru the tail pipe and block the other tail pipe to find the leak. its a extremely good system to locate hard to find exhaust leaks
Posted by cemelevu (Member # 10601) on
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I had this happen on my DD v6. Crack in the passenger side header. Near the collector. Had an exhaust shop re-weld it, but I think its back, so I may need to make a trip to the local pick and pull.
Posted by 9165pt0 (Member # 7625) on
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thanks, ima try that evap test. and then possibly pull the header and take a look. wont have time until the weeked hopefully, ill update when once i do
Posted by scoop510 (Member # 8726) on
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Might sound funny but check your plug wires I had one arcing and it sounded like an exhaust leak.
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