Clicking Sound When Running

[Jeff West]

I thought the problem with the ticking sound may be with my alternator, but after fixing the spacing with the alternator, I had a friend look at my Jeep and he believes the problem is with an exhaust leak from the passenger side of the vehicle. Has anyone heard of this before? I have new headers coated by Jet-Hot and they have been installed with new performace gaskets. Do I need to Permaseal he gaskets?

You help is always appreciated!

[Snakeyes_Tx]

Headers... yuck! (Exception soon to follow)

What bolts did you use to put the headers onto the block? If you used original ones or just grade 8's.. I can almost guarantee they backed out on you.

ARP makes a header bolt set that supposedly doesn't have to be adjusted. Sounds interesting and promising.

Headers are HIGH MAINTENENCE. You have to re-tighten them at least once every two weeks or you'll shake the bolts loose and get leaks.

[joe]

Exhaust leaks can certainly be ticking sounds.
Have you re-torqued the bolts after running it awhile? You may have to do that a few times. Unless you have good headers(read: expensive) you'll prolly have leak and flange warpage probs forever :(
I've never used any but on the market now they have some new fangled bolts/locks or some such that folks say work pretty good(again if you have good headers). You might want to check in a shop and see about getting those?