Jeremy95GT Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 i have developed a tick, you can hear it really good when i give it gas, and its effin annoying... video quality it terrible but i believe if you listen hard enough you can hear it... please give me some feedback... second video you can hear it much better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttocs Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 prob an exhaust leak. Mac headers by chance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy95GT Posted December 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 No, they are not Mac... Not sure of the brand honestly... So an exhaust leak could make that nasty sound?Sent from my phone using tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttocs Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 I am not a motor expert by any means. Ticking though I have heard can be a bad spark plug cable or exhaust leak. The plug wires you normally only hear with the hood open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det_Riot Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 Definitely sounds like it could be a header leak. I'd go through your header bolts and make sure they're all tight. They could of backed out some. Aside from that, are you getting any hesitation or anything or is it just the noise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy95GT Posted December 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 Man, I gots all kinds of problems, car went to the tuner today, made 280rw, but it's way underpowered it feels, hesitates, idles shitty still... Going back to them tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95riosnake Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 Who's tuning it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy95GT Posted December 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 It's a lil race shop here in bum fuck lower Alabama... Www.dothanraceshop.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95riosnake Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 Was just curious, using SCT I assume? Hope they get it figured out for you, I know all too well what it's like to drive a 94-95 with a tune that needs work, lol... it isn't fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy95GT Posted December 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 They use delta force tuning chips? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy95GT Posted December 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 So it's safe to say we all agree it sounds like an exhaust leak? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95riosnake Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 Not familiar with Delta ForceI would agree that I am leaning toward it being an exhaust leak. It doesn't take much of a leak to start sounding funky. I'd start by maybe just re-torquing your header bolts, then go from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy95GT Posted December 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 Yea I will check that tomorrow... Just aggravated with this car... Too much money has been put in it for me not to be happySent from my phone using tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferocious Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 Yeah it sounds like an exhaust leak. Mine has one too, i just havent got around to fixing it. Plus my exhaust overpowers the tick most of the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95riosnake Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 Yea I will check that tomorrow... Just aggravated with this car... Too much money has been put in it for me not to be happySent from my phone using tapatalkI feel for you man, I've been in that boat with my car more times than I can count. Hang in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMR Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 I agree with everyone else, at least in the videos that does sound like an exhaust leak. Like Det_Riot said, most likely a header leak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttocs Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 stick your head under the hood and see if you can see where its comming from its amazing what can happen. I had a room mate come home one day and mention that he was worried about his semi-new car as it had a rattle. It was wierd as it only did it from 1700=2200 rpms and would stop any other time dead silent. We were going out for a been that night and took his car and he was right. He could rev it while stopped or while driving an in those ranges there was a wierd noise. I asked him if he looked under the hood and he said no. We popped the hood when we arrived and he held the hood up with one hand and started to inspect the motor with his other. This was my fastest engine diagnosis I have ever done, found it as I reached for the hood prop and found it was not snapped into the retaining hook, and you could see on the plastic radiator cover where it had been rattling. snapped it in place and viola it was gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy95GT Posted December 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 stick your head under the hood and see if you can see where its comming from its amazing what can happen. I had a room mate come home one day and mention that he was worried about his semi-new car as it had a rattle. It was wierd as it only did it from 1700=2200 rpms and would stop any other time dead silent. We were going out for a been that night and took his car and he was right. He could rev it while stopped or while driving an in those ranges there was a wierd noise. I asked him if he looked under the hood and he said no. We popped the hood when we arrived and he held the hood up with one hand and started to inspect the motor with his other. This was my fastest engine diagnosis I have ever done, found it as I reached for the hood prop and found it was not snapped into the retaining hook, and you could see on the plastic radiator cover where it had been rattling. snapped it in place and viola it was gone.Lol I wish mine was that easy haha... I will do some inspecting today, thanks everyone for the help, its frustrating, but I'm going to stick with this ol girlSent from my phone using tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M4Mustang Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 Sounds like an exhaust leak, to me.This post is brought to you by the letters "F" and "U". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det_Riot Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 When I put my long tubes on, I had to retighten them like 5 times before they "set" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMR Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 When I put my long tubes on, I had to retighten them like 5 times before they "set"I was told once that a rule of thumb when installing exhausts, especially headers; is that you mount them with the engine cold, then start the engine and let it reach "normal" operating temperture, and then retighten the bolts.I don't know if that is true or not... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det_Riot Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 This makes sense. You're supposed to put em on. heat cycle them, retighten, drive like 25 miles, retighten, then drive like 50-100 and retighten again. Or something like that. It's because of how the headers expand and contract in relation to the header bolts I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luis@OrtizPerformance Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 Anytime a customer comes in with a tsk tsk tsk sound or tapping sound. I check for exhaust leaks by running a little bit of sea foam on the car and seeing if smoke comes out of the headers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy95GT Posted December 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 Anytime a customer comes in with a tsk tsk tsk sound or tapping sound. I check for exhaust leaks by running a little bit of sea foam on the car and seeing if smoke comes out of the headers.My motor is brand new tho, ain't that stuff not good for new motors?Sent from my phone using tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det_Riot Posted December 8, 2012 Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 My motor is brand new tho, ain't that stuff not good for new motors?Sent from my phone using tapatalkPut baby powder around your header flanges then start the car. If any air is leaking out it'll puff out the baby powder....knawmean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy95GT Posted December 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 Put baby powder around your header flanges then start the car. If any air is leaking out it'll puff out the baby powder....knawmean?Oh yea I knaw wut yameanSent from my phone using tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy95GT Posted December 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 Okay, so I finally got out to the car and looked at my drivers side header where I knew it was comming from, I guess a bolt worked its way out, and was totally missing from the header... Wtf, well I had a backup and put it in and all better... Thanks everyone for the help and input.. Sent from my phone using tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det_Riot Posted December 9, 2012 Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 Glad to hear man! I love when problems are simple fixes like this =D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy95GT Posted December 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 Glad to hear man! I love when problems are simple fixes like this =DOh yea for sure, too bad it was the very front bolt right behind the p/s pump, was a bitch to get to, but I worked it out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
