Ticking noise at startup
I have a 2006 durango 4.7, i had a ticking noise, sounded like a lifter on the passenger side, took a little digging but i found alot of posts about a leaking exhaust header gasket, and sure enough i found the rear cylinder had both exhaust manifold bolts were broke, they were easy to replace, everyone i have talked to had the same thing, the heads break off, just take all the bolts out take the manifold loose from the exhaust and use a pair of vice grips to spin them out, you have to take the inner fender out to get in to it, i got all the parts at local dodge dealer, i put all new bolts in, new gasket, had about $100 in it, took about 3hrs to change out. When it first started doing it it only did when it was cold, then it just kept getting worse, guess the manifold would expand and seal the leak off. Hope it helps. And by the way get the pins to put the inner fender back in at napa, the ones at dodge were $5 each, got a bag of 10 for $4.
I have a 2006 durango 4.7, i had a ticking noise, sounded like a lifter on the passenger side, took a little digging but i found alot of posts about a leaking exhaust header gasket, and sure enough i found the rear cylinder had both exhaust manifold bolts were broke, they were easy to replace, everyone i have talked to had the same thing, the heads break off, just take all the bolts out take the manifold loose from the exhaust and use a pair of vice grips to spin them out, you have to take the inner fender out to get in to it, i got all the parts at local dodge dealer, i put all new bolts in, new gasket, had about $100 in it, took about 3hrs to change out. When it first started doing it it only did when it was cold, then it just kept getting worse, guess the manifold would expand and seal the leak off. Hope it helps. And by the way get the pins to put the inner fender back in at napa, the ones at dodge were $5 each, got a bag of 10 for $4.
