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Old 04-05-2008, 01:18 AM
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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.
 
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Old 04-05-2008, 05:44 AM
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If you pull the car next to a wall, you will here sort of a tapping sound.
 
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Old 04-05-2008, 09:33 AM
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Sounds like a Tick, tick, tick, tick..., and should increase as rpms increase.
 
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Old 04-05-2008, 09:09 PM
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yeah, tick tick tick sorta like a loose spark plug (dont ask me how I know that sound).
 
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Old 04-06-2008, 12:38 AM
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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...
 
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Old 04-06-2008, 06:25 AM
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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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