Exhaust manifold tick?

[iboughtatahoe23]

Hello. My manifold stud broke off in the drivers side closest to the steering wheel, it seems to have started ticking too. It appears to be coming from under though and I don’t feel or hear anything at the broken stud area. I don’t feel the leak there. What y’all think? Where else could it be coming from? Video Here

 

[Dustin Jackson]

I would first address the broken manifold bolts.

A trick you can use is to tape a shop vac to the exhaust (tape the other side if you have dual exhaust) and set the shop vac up to blow and use it to pressurize the exhaust pipe and then try to listen for a leak or spray soapy water around where you think the leak is. If there is air escaping it will cause bubbles.

With me just being on the internet there is only so much I can speculate without seeing it myself

 

[ivin74]

Hello. My manifold stud broke off in the drivers side closest to the steering wheel, it seems to have started ticking too. It appears to be coming from under though and I don’t feel or hear anything at the broken stud area. I don’t feel the leak there. What y’all think? Where else could it be coming from? Video Here

You have a broken manifold bolt, its ommon issue. They sell a bolt that attaches to the head to Tighten up the manifold back to the head

 

[j91z28d1]

You have a broken manifold bolt, its ommon issue. They sell a bolt that attaches to the head to Tighten up the manifold back to the head

I'd do this and see if the noise goes away. it's a cheap part from Amazon or advanced auto parts has them local usually.

I put one on the back drivers side on mine because I didn't feel like fixing the bolt right now. on my c6 (they snap bolts too) I was changing manifolds, so I did the weld to it and take it out trick. but the truck, until a have good reason, the braces work well for cheap.

 

[iboughtatahoe23]

You have a broken manifold bolt, its ommon issue. They sell a bolt that attaches to the head to Tighten up the manifold back to the head

i believe it is broken off inside the head or something.

 

[Fless]

Something like this, but note that position matters.

https://www.amazon.com/Exhaust-Manifold-Repair-Newer-Trucks/dp/B09P8GB7M8

 

[iboughtatahoe23]

What part of the manifold are you referring to? I’m not familiar with the part you showed me. Is that the bracket that attaches to the exhaust from the manifold? I’m talking about (this)

 

[iboughtatahoe23]

Something like this, but note that position matters.

https://www.amazon.com/Exhaust-Manifold-Repair-Newer-Trucks/dp/B09P8GB7M8

https://ibb.co/9gLpdjk is what I am referring to. That is broken.

Edit: the stud I believe is snapped off in the head too.

 

[iboughtatahoe23]

Wait can someone drop a link for that clamp again?

 

[Fless]

Wait can someone drop a link for that clamp again?

It's in post #6 above....