exhaust leak sounds

Leonide · 04-05-2008, 01:18 AM

what are the average exhaust leak sounds on a 1998 V6 mustang? i am hearing strange sounds, and i want to be sure what it is before i do anything.

WaterDR · 04-05-2008, 05:44 AM

If you pull the car next to a wall, you will here sort of a tapping sound.

01FR500 · 04-05-2008, 09:33 AM

Sounds like a Tick, tick, tick, tick..., and should increase as rpms increase.

crignaj · 04-05-2008, 09:09 PM

yeah, tick tick tick sorta like a loose spark plug (dont ask me how I know that sound).

Lang · 04-06-2008, 12:38 AM

i have a strange clicking sound that is heard best after the car is warmed up... from a stop if I start going real slow to make the car move, the click is heard best, then stops once I gas it up quicker... but at idle when warm Its heard too... not sure if its an exhaust leak, but the noise sucks...

Crimsonred02 · 04-06-2008, 06:25 AM

If it was an exhaust leak it should get louder and faster as you accelerate and go quiet when you idle.

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04-05-2008, 09:09 PM	#4 (permalink)
crignaj Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Pasadena, Calif. Posts: 53	yeah, tick tick tick sorta like a loose spark plug (dont ask me how I know that sound).

04-06-2008, 12:38 AM	#5 (permalink)
Lang Seattle Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Washington St. Posts: 27	i have a strange clicking sound that is heard best after the car is warmed up... from a stop if I start going real slow to make the car move, the click is heard best, then stops once I gas it up quicker... but at idle when warm Its heard too... not sure if its an exhaust leak, but the noise sucks...