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Old Nov 15, 2009 | 01:44 PM
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I put in lt's along with an ory this past thursday and everythings been great so far headers already had 500 mi on them when i put them in. Today I noticed a tick coming from the headers, it sounds like the drivers side more... I rechecked all the bolts and everything was tight new mls gaskets were used in the install and using a stethescope i checked all the primaries and clamps... I found nothing out of the ordinary. Below is a video, could this just be the normal header tick? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrNfAOiP85E
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Old Nov 15, 2009 | 01:57 PM
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Hmm that doesnt sound like header tick to me.... Did it make the ticking sound when you first put them on?
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Old Nov 15, 2009 | 02:05 PM
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i honestly dont remember just went out and triple checked the heads and theyre tight same with the collectors. also i should add that unlike an exhast leak this is quiet when cold and becomes sslightly more noticeable when warm
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Old Nov 15, 2009 | 02:06 PM
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also noise is aduible mainly below the car up top i hear nothing. no egr or air either.
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Old Nov 15, 2009 | 02:20 PM
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someone else had this same problem and it turned out there bolt was too long and it was bottoming out. so the headers werent tight causing it to tick...
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Old Nov 15, 2009 | 02:45 PM
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theyre sstock bolts and the flanges were the same thickness as the manifolds
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I just drove it 200 miles back up to school last nt and the tick is no worse and i got no codes when im back home for xmas ill investigate further but is it going to hurt any of the sensors running it?
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sounds like valvetrain noise to me man... I would pull tappet covers and take a look at it the next chance you get. See if you can narrow it down to which side its coming from
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