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      11-13-2017, 06:22 PM   #1
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Help Identify Engine noise/rattle/click

I've been hearing a weird noise coming from under the car, sounds like it's coming from the driver side and I'm not sure if it's normal. I think it might be from the exhaust pipe rubbing against something but I'm not sure.
Skip to 17 sec mark for sound.

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      11-13-2017, 07:13 PM   #2
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Sounds like an exhaust leak from what I can hear in the video...
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Sounds like an exhaust leak from what I can hear in the video...
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      11-13-2017, 08:06 PM   #4
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doesn't the car have a sensor for such leaks?
I'll check for leaks this weekend.

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doesn't the car have a sensor for such leaks?
I'll check for leaks this weekend.
There is no sensor for exhaust leaks. This is very common. check for leaks at the header flanges at the head, and at the collectors.
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      11-14-2017, 08:10 AM   #6
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The car has so many sensors that I thought it has one for exhaust leak.
I'll check everything this weekend. thanks.
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The car has so many sensors that I thought it has one for exhaust leak.
I'll check everything this weekend. thanks.
Unless air was getting in the system before/at the primary/secondary lambda sensors, it wouldn't throw anything. Either the gasket has failed where the mid section bolts to the manifold or you have a hole.
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The car has so many sensors that I thought it has one for exhaust leak.
I'll check everything this weekend. thanks.
Unless air was getting in the system before/at the primary/secondary lambda sensors, it wouldn't throw anything. Either the gasket has failed where the mid section bolts to the manifold or you have a hole.
I agree. Wouldn't you get a lean code?
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I did find a leak on the driver side pipe, about 6" from the primary cat.
I sealed the hole using permatex 80335.
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