crowncrazy87
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I know the 5.4s have had issues with the manifolds leaking and I am thinking this may be my problem.
My Expedition is an '02 5.4L with the 2v PI heads. I am hearing kind of a clicking type sound from the driver side fender well and from underneath the vehicle but if I pop the hood I don't hear it from up top... All I hear up top is the injectors and fan noise. When I rebuilt the motor I did not take the manifolds off the heads. I just cleaned up the heads and made sure the surface was flat and not warped because the motor ran great aside from rod bearing that went bad.
If it is a leaky manifold or manifold gasket how serious is that on one of these motors? Can I let it go for a while because the rebuild kind of took a lot of cash out of my wallet.
My Expedition is an '02 5.4L with the 2v PI heads. I am hearing kind of a clicking type sound from the driver side fender well and from underneath the vehicle but if I pop the hood I don't hear it from up top... All I hear up top is the injectors and fan noise. When I rebuilt the motor I did not take the manifolds off the heads. I just cleaned up the heads and made sure the surface was flat and not warped because the motor ran great aside from rod bearing that went bad.
If it is a leaky manifold or manifold gasket how serious is that on one of these motors? Can I let it go for a while because the rebuild kind of took a lot of cash out of my wallet.