87 4kq 5cyl, ticking noise from manifold

[Cade Carvell]

No not really(no smell)....How did he figure out it was a manifold leak?
 I looked around, and is almost impossible to get to this area.

Thanks,


Cade Carvell
National Business Systems, Inc.
2919 West Service Road
Eagan, MN 55121
Office: 651-994-4400

>>> "Chander Balakrishnan" <balakrishnan3 at attbi.com> 11/22/02 01:58PM
>>>
The ticking noise in my 87 5kcsq used to go away when the engine warmed
up
but over the months the problem got progressively worse -- the noise
got
louder and it did not go away when the engine warmed up.  I believe
the
manifold was initially closing the gap when it warmed up, but without
the
tension of the studs, I believe it began to warp. I know that my
mechanic
had to fix the warp (by filing -- he said that cast iron is soft and
could
be flattebned with just a file.  The job was a PIA, he spent many
hours
getting the broken studs out + all the other studs, but it is OK now.
Do
you also get a smell from the hood like burnign oil or very hot
surfaces
make ?  I used, but no more after the EM was fixed.

Good luck.

CB



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But would it go away when the engine was warm?  I suppose if it was a
small leak, the expansion of metal could therotecialy close the leak.
Not a bad point.


Cade Carvell
National Business Systems, Inc.
2919 West Service Road
Eagan, MN 55121
Office: 651-994-4400

>>> "Chander Balakrishnan" <balakrishnan3 at attbi.com> 11/22/02 09:17AM
>>>
Could it be the exhaust manifold instead of intake manifold ? I had
the
same
symptoms, it turned out that 2 studs were broken in the EM.



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Hi,
  I have been noticing as it has been getting colder in MN, that my
engine is doing a nasty ticking thing.  This lasts much longer then
the
usuall minute or so, that i have seen on older cars.  My engine has
only
64K miles on it, and has had the head redone by previous owner.
  Anyway this AM, I went out, started it up, and listened around the
engine.  It seems that it is not coming from the vaccum assist (side
of
the head) but from the intake manifold.  I put my ear right next to
it,
and that is were the sound is coming from.  To me the noise sounds
like
lifters, but from were it is coming from thats not possible is it?
Can
the lifter ticking revibrate through the intake, or is there something
in the intake/attached too it, that would cause this weird issue.
  I have also noticed that the car when cold, first start, it has a
little bit of a hesitation in it, noticeable, but not bad.  But it
does
start great.

  Does anyone know if I have lifters that are bad, or if there is
something that I need to replace to get rid of that awful loud noise.

Thanks,


Cade Carvell
National Business Systems, Inc.
2919 West Service Road
Eagan, MN 55121
Office: 651-994-4400