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Old 10-15-2013, 08:14 PM
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Default 6L sold ticking sound...

almost sounds a bit like an exhaust leak. Could it be a bad lifter? something else? 80,000 miles.
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Check your exhaust manifold bolts, it is quite common for the back/rear bolts to break, causing an exhaust leak.
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Lil more info needed... dose it change with speed? Dose it go away after it gets warmed up? Broken bolt is a possibility... did you just install headers or do any work recently?
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