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Trying to identify this sound in engine bay

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impropernick

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Hey everyone, now that my transmission is back in the car, I started it up and noticed this sound coming from the passenger side of the engine, and I'm really not good with identifying sounds like this. I'm trying to figure out of it's a valvetrain issue, or exhaust leak from the headers, or even my blower. The install instructions of the blower said it can sound like valve train noises in the first several hundred miles until the lobes wear in/seat. I put a stethoscope at the valve cover over each rocker section and didn't notice a change in sound, just a slight pitch difference in the whirring noise. Any help is appreciated! thanks Also I apologize for the stupid youtube short, it doesn't give me an option when uploading
 

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wonder how much it would cost to ship you a pair
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Exhaust header leak, like flange to head seal?
 

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General karthief said:
Exhaust header leak, like flange to head seal?
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Are you asking or telling? lol if you're asking, then yeah that's what im talking about, the gasket between the exhaust header flange and the head
 

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wonder how much it would cost to ship you a pair
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Are you asking or telling? lol if you're asking, then yeah that's what im talking about, the gasket between the exhaust header flange and the head
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Only a best guess
 
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