Ticking noise

["Dick Benjamin" <DickB@xxxxxxxxx>]

I use a stethoscope, but a short length (3 feet?) of rubber garden hose
works almost as well.  If you have a cracked manifold, you can home right in
on the crack with the hose by blocking one ear and listening to the other
end of the hose.  There will be no doubt, because you'll hear the puff of
air each time the closest cylinder fires.  Also, the manifold crack tends to
get less as the engine warms up, it is worst when ice cold.

Dick Benjamin
----- Original Message -----
From: KerryPinkerton <pinkertonk@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 4:47 PM
Subject: IML: Ticking noise


> Is there a definitive way to tell the difference
> between a clicking lifter and an exhaust leak from a
> cracked exhaust manifold?
>
> Been down the road of replacing lifters only to find
> it was a cracked manifold once before.
>
> Kerryp
>
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