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i just got home and half way threw the trip i started hearing a loud pumping sound. like piff piff piff piff the faster the faster the piff. in my garage it coming from right side of engine but nothing on heads intake or where the headers bolt to heads.
kinda feel like its coming from where the headers bolt to the stock h pipe
what does this sound like and how the hell can i fix it them darn bolts already as tight as i can make em
 

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olymaster said:
i just got home and half way threw the trip i started hearing a loud pumping sound. like piff piff piff piff the faster the faster the piff. in my garage it coming from right side of engine but nothing on heads intake or where the headers bolt to heads.
kinda feel like its coming from where the headers bolt to the stock h pipe
what does this sound like and how the hell can i fix it them darn bolts already as tight as i can make em
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check that where the hpart connects to make the pipes isnt rusting.
 

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its rusting and getting kinda ****ty
how can i pin point the leak
its real loud in thier is thier any tricks to pinpointing the casue of this noise
 

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its rusting and getting kinda ****ty
how can i pin point the leak
its real loud in thier is thier any tricks to pinpointing the casue of this noise
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on mine i have the same problem and thats where my leak its from...but on mine u can see it and hear that its coming from there. im just gonna get a clamp for it
 

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im gonna get the clamp like the one show on this thread http://forums.stangnet.com/showthread.php?t=554034
 

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well i cooled down and started looking
im missing a bolt in my bbk ceramic shorty header on the drivers side 3 bolt from the front
and the 2nd was half way out
does exhaust come out the bolt hole
if i go get another bolt and put it in should fix it right?
how tight do i tighten the headers bolts?
 

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olymaster said:
well i cooled down and started looking
im missing a bolt in my bbk ceramic shorty header on the drivers side 3 bolt from the front
and the 2nd was half way out
does exhaust come out the bolt hole
if i go get another bolt and put it in should fix it right?
how tight do i tighten the headers bolts?
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yeah put another bolf on there and that will fix it. they have to be very tight so what you can do is tight every single bolt just to make sure they arent getting loose or anything
 

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yea i tightened em all
all were lose
per sey
i took one out to take to autozone get some more
 

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yea i tightened em all
all were lose
per sey
i took one out to take to autozone get some more
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did it fix ur leak problem?
 

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now where to get them bolts?
 

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didnt fix nothing got to get header bolt
leaving after i finish taking this vitamin(steak)
dinner is good
 

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now where to get them bolts?
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they have them at autozone on their performance/ricer section they are chevy's but they work with ford theres 12 in a pack and they cost like 6 bucks
 

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awesome i leaving now
taking my other 302
explorer
 

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awesome i leaving now
taking my other 302
explorer
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just a tip for everybody, looking for an exhaust leak? take two old tshirts, rags, whatever and stuff in the tailpipes, this adds backpressure, and the leak will be alot more visible, you can usually find a pinhole with this method. hope it helps.
 

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ok i got them bolts installed but still got the piff piff piff piff sound. so it didnt fix it
now im clueless
 

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olymaster said:
ok i got them bolts installed but still got the piff piff piff piff sound. so it didnt fix it
now im clueless
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i guess you can do what wildstang87 said.
 

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no dice
im sooooooo frustrated
 

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i made a vid clip with the audio of it how can i add it here so you can hear it and let me know what ya think
 

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i made a vid clip with the audio of it how can i add it here so you can hear it and let me know what ya think
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go to yousendit.com and upload it there then post the link here
 
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