Thanks man! Will do.
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When I put my headers on I used ARP studs and nuts. I tightened them every 50mi for the first 200mi. Then every 500mi. Then every oil change for a few years. Engine warm and engine dead cold.So a few posts back i had mentioned my truck had developed what sounded like piston slap on the #7 cylinder when cold and went away when warm.
Yesterday i was under my truck doing something and i noticed one of the exhaust studs was missing and the other two bolts were slightly loose.
I had put new studs in the exhaust manifold when i installed the engine and they were tight. Guess i should have checked em again.
Anyway it never was piston slap and noise is gone so it was just a exhaust leak noise.
Never heard a leak sound like that before but dam glad that is what it turned out to be!