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Old 10-10-2005, 07:32 PM   #1
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Default AUIII - engine much louder?

In the past day or two, my '02 Falcon AUIII has been playing up. The standard noise you hear when you accellerate, seems to be much louder and almost like it's inside the cabin? Seems to be coming from in front of me, possibly near the accellerator itself.

Anyone know what's going on here? :

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Old 10-10-2005, 08:12 PM   #2
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Could be loose inlet manifold (though it would be running rough) or possibly loose exhaust manifold.
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Old 10-10-2005, 08:22 PM   #3
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betting its exhaust manifold. loose bolt and it sounds like a truck.
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Old 10-10-2005, 11:04 PM   #4
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betting its exhaust manifold. loose bolt and it sounds like a truck.
Speaking of loose bolts, it seems as though Murph has a few loose bolts of his own upstairs!

Love the avitar! Good work back2thefutura!

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Old 11-10-2005, 03:58 PM   #5
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Problem fixed!

Went in to Ultra Tune, immediately said something about the exhaust, had a look under the bonnet, all it was was a loose flange (bolt) just beneath that big metal silvery looking thing below the radiator, he got a wrench, tightened it up, noise gone!

That was the quickest and cheapest fix ever...

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Old 11-10-2005, 05:45 PM   #6
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I like your avatar back2thefutura.
Yep is a real tool. LOL
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