----Original Message Follows---- From: KerryPinkerton <pinkertonk@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: IML: Ticking noise Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 16:47:37 -0800 (PST) >>Is there a definitive way to tell the difference >>between a clicking lifter and an exhaust leak from a >>cracked exhaust manifold? ...Yes,an exhaust leak will increase/be louder when the engine is put under load. A "ticking" lifters' noise will remain constant under load. Have someone sit in the car with their foot on the brake...and have them step on the gas-pedal a little while you listen underhood. Steve from Albany,N.Y. '75 Imp 4dr <--no exhaust leaks. '79 440 powered 35 ft RV <-- the right side exh manifold sounds like chitty-chitty bang-bang. Been down the road of replacing lifters only to find it was a cracked manifold once before. Kerryp __________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com