A mechanic's stethoscope, with a probe , should do the trick. Also, sometimes if you wave your hand, Carefully! around the exhaust manifold at idle, if you got a leak, you can feel the exhaust coming out. The real fun comes in when you have a lifter ticking and an exhaust leak! ----- Original Message ----- From: "KerryPinkerton" <pinkertonk@xxxxxxxxx> To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 7:47 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 > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email! > http://mail.yahoo.com/ > >