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Old Mar 2, 2008 | 05:23 AM
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Well me and a couple friends just got my LT's, ORY, plugs and wires installed...cranked the car and revved it a little and immediately here a screeching noise...we thought it was the belt, it only does it when you rev it up....on the way home it sounded horrible, a loud ticking sound...i dont know if its an exhaust leak....im gonna look at it tommorow...they suggested it might be the idler pulley going out...its very annoying though... any ideas?

Other than that the install wasnt as big of a bitch as i thought it would be...took about 10 hours...the only thing that really pissed me off was the back header bolt and spark plug on the passenger side, that was a major PITA...it also hasnt thrown the SES light YET...
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Old Mar 2, 2008 | 08:56 AM
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i've got 112K+ miles on my car and I've got a pulley issue also. Don't think the LTs had anything to do with it. Good luck.
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Old Mar 2, 2008 | 12:10 PM
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I don't see why you couldn't remove the belt, start it and see if the noise goes away. I hope to hell you haven't spun a bearing or something.
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Old Mar 2, 2008 | 01:41 PM
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yeh that would def. suck. It might be the header gasket, i used those gay *** looking white ones that came with it...im gonna go take a closer look at it here in a few now that i got some light outside.

Any more ideas out there guys
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