what is this ticking??? please veiw

[xamyert]

i took my car to my local subaru dealer to have new head gaskets put on, new baffle and timing belt. and got it back with this tick. i think and hope its just an exhaust leak, please leave feed back. and let me know what you think

Subaru tick - YouTube

Subaru tick - YouTube

[plain OM]

I listened several times at different volumes, but couldn't make out an unusual ticking sound in the short video. Is there something there that I'm missing? Or could it be that the recorder didn't pick it up?

[xamyert]

no its on there i hear it in the video when i rev it up its like a tick tick tick

[canubaru]

year, model, trans, miles, ?????

[cmill1154]

Sounds like an exhaust leak to me.

[xamyert]

It's a 2001 with 158000miles. Just has head gaskets timing belt water pump and read baffle changed at Subaru dealer Subaru outback

[xamyert]

Originally Posted by canubaru

year, model, trans, miles, ?????

It's a 2001 with 158000miles. Just has head gaskets timing belt water pump and read baffle changed at Subaru dealer Subaru outback

[xamyert]

Subaru told me when I left it was normal but I'm not that stupid...I don't think

[subiesailor]

When I had the HG done by subaru driver side on the 2.5 they shimmed the valves and they were a tad noisy for a while like say 40K then they quieted down some. Car was fine HG was done by Subaru for the external leak issue at 64K and at 180K it was fine and ran great.

Exhaust leaks which I had one at 180K due to a seal at the CAT vs down pipe not sealing correctly are a whistle sound that get louder the faster the RPMs go.

My guess is that you hear the tick of noisy valves. Which is easiest to hear with the hood up and the engine just idling.

[xamyert]

Originally Posted by subiesailor

When I had the HG done by subaru driver side on the 2.5 they shimmed the valves and they were a tad noisy for a while like say 40K then they quieted down some. Car was fine HG was done by Subaru for the external leak issue at 64K and at 180K it was fine and ran great.

Exhaust leaks which I had one at 180K due to a seal at the CAT vs down pipe not sealing correctly are a whistle sound that get louder the faster the RPMs go.

My guess is that you hear the tick of noisy valves. Which is easiest to hear with the hood up and the engine just idling.

Thanks so much. But frOm what I can tell you can hear the tick best with the hood down and by the passenger front wheel