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Posted by LXjames (Member # 10791) on :
 
Under any type of load (light especially) I can hear a really constant popping/ticking on the driver side of the block. Popped the hood tonight in pitch black and just about all my plugs have a small glow to them but I've seen broken/snapped plugs before and they aren't like this but what could the ticking be? Wires are good plugs fresh 5-7 thousand miles on them.
Let me know
 
Posted by 86- 50 (Member # 4723) on :
 
Could be your wires letting off spark, what wires you got?
 
Posted by ItzStock (Member # 9665) on :
 
Vacuum leak?
 
Posted by LXjames (Member # 10791) on :
 
Wires are Taylor thunderbolts or something like that. And as for vacuum leaks I been chasing those like crazy capping more stuff than a Oakland teenager
 
Posted by TRIXSNK (Member # 2844) on :
 
Could possibly be an exhasut leak at the manifold area
 
Posted by SIC9250 (Member # 8216) on :
 
Detonation,check ur timing and fix all those vacuum leaks,probably running lean as hell
 
Posted by LXjames (Member # 10791) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by TRIXSNK:
Could possibly be an exhasut leak at the manifold area
That's what I'm thinking. I need to go down and retighten the whole exhaust
 
Posted by SacStangDriver (Member # 8304) on :
 
felpro gasket with copper coat on both sides = no exhaust leak
 
Posted by LXjames (Member # 10791) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by SacStangDriver:
felpro gasket with copper coat on both sides = no exhaust leak
Header bolts wiggle loose occasionally. I've got Mac copper gaskets and love them
 




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