rocker arm or exhaust leak
10-01-2008, 06:45 PM
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rocker arm or exhaust leak I can't figure this out it sounds like its coming from the back of the engine on the driverside. It started about a week ago maybe 2 at the most. I'd leave for work you could start it up and the exhaust sounds real raspy, but once i get down the road about amile then get the highway i dont hear it so much. Well i was at work talking to a few friends and i've singled it out that it does it bad if you just started it up, if it runs not so bad. If you rev it up really slow and let off of it you can hear it. you can hear it a little bit when you rev it up but when the revs drop it's really noticeable. My car has roller rockers on it which i adjust and fixed a few months ago, and there isn't any metal pinging sound doesnt feel like any powerloss. If anybody has any ideas id appreciate ehm, i just hope's its not the rocker arms
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10-01-2008, 08:01 PM
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I remember when they where loose and really made noise, till i tightened them up and fix ehm, this just sounds like exhaust and it goes away after its runs a bit the weather has dropped maybe 20degress over the past few weeks to
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10-01-2008, 09:19 PM
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I had the same problem a few weeks ago and all it was ,was the header bolt closest to the firewall. I tightened it up and it went away. So far it has not comeback. Chech all of them, it might just be that easy.
10-01-2008, 09:35 PM
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I can't figure this out it sounds like its coming from the back of the engine on the driverside. It started about a week ago maybe 2 at the most. I'd leave for work you could start it up and the exhaust sounds real raspy, but once i get down the road about amile then get the highway i dont hear it so much. Well i was at work talking to a few friends and i've singled it out that it does it bad if you just started it up, if it runs not so bad. If you rev it up really slow and let off of it you can hear it. you can hear it a little bit when you rev it up but when the revs drop it's really noticeable. My car has roller rockers on it which i adjust and fixed a few months ago, and there isn't any metal pinging sound doesnt feel like any powerloss. If anybody has any ideas id appreciate ehm, i just hope's its not the rocker arms
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Tony
10-02-2008, 11:49 AM
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10-03-2008, 05:41 PM
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Another way to find a possible exhaust leak is put the tranny in a higher gear and step on the gas. If the sound becomes more prominent then it is an exhaust leak.
It's possible you have a loose spark plug as well.
It's possible you have a loose spark plug as well.
