I’m pretty sure I got the infamous manifold tick

[ilovemyramlaremie]

well after reading about all those ram trucks having issues with manifold ticking noise, I too heard it today on my 2010 ram Laramie with 95 k on it
I’ve owned the truck for two years, it’s been flawless up to now,I was finally gotten the truck to the point that I wanted with a few mods that I wanted , and it looked and sounds awesome. This afternoon I go to start the truck and I hear this awful ticking sound coming from the driver side, I know what that sound is, I’ve been around and working on vehicles for a long time. I’m bummed, I’m farming it out to have it fix.

 

[Burla]

Let me get this straight, you have a truck with near 100k miles on it and you are tiffed that an exhaust bolt is loose?

 

[cuminslvr]

Just out of curiosity what is the fix for it?

 

[HammerHead]

well after reading about all those ram trucks having issues with manifold ticking noise, I too heard it today on my 2010 ram Laramie with 95 k on it
I’ve owned the truck for two years, it’s been flawless up to now,I was finally gotten the truck to the point that I wanted with a few mods that I wanted , and it looked and sounds awesome. This afternoon I go to start the truck and I hear this awful ticking sound coming from the driver side, I know what that sound is, I’ve been around and working on vehicles for a long time. I’m bummed, I’m farming it out to have it fix.

At almost 100k I think your one of the lucky ones, I lost mine at 60k. I would spend a day and replace all bolts and put in new gaskets. Hopefully the exhaust manifolds are not warped to bad.

 

[tantore]

there is a number of threads in this forum about the broken ext. manifold bolts and many way it can be fixed good luck if you do the work yourself

 

[Burla]

Yo hit the tick lotto, many of us are not so lucky, we have internal hemi tick. Good news, you get to still love your ram after a relatively easy fix, many guys use this as an excuse to upgrade the exhaust.

 

[ilovemyramlaremie]

Let me get this straight, you have a truck with near 100k miles on it and you are tiffed that an exhaust bolt is loose?

I’m hoping it’s just loose. My fear is broken bolts.

 

[ilovemyramlaremie]

Yep, it’s broken bolt

 

[HammerHead]

Yep, it’s broken bolt

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Is that broken bolt on the upper or lower side of the manifold? If it's on the lower you Will need a 90 degree drill.

 

[ilovemyramlaremie]

It’s the one on the upper part that holds the heat shield stud.
I did this job on my old Chevy with 250k on it.
No tackling this one, I’m tired of battling this kind of jobs.
Regardless, I’m having both sides manifolds replaced.

 

[averageguy]

Those pics aren't the manifold bolts that are the usual problem, its the bolts that hold the manifold to the head that break. If that's the only leak you have its an easy fix.

 

[ilovemyramlaremie]

 

[ilovemyramlaremie]

Those pics aren't the manifold bolts that are the usual problem, its the bolts that hold the manifold to the head that break. If that's the only leak you have its an easy fix.

I can’t stand that awful ticking sound, I’m gonna drive my old trusty Chevy truck till my dodge gets fixed

 

[indept]

Yo hit the tick lotto, many of us are not so lucky, we have internal hemi tick. Good news, you get to still love your ram after a relatively easy fix, many guys use this as an excuse to upgrade the exhaust.

Burla,
A relatively easy fix...NOT. It sucks having to drill a broken bolt out in tight quarters. Been there done that. Relatively easy is defined as 10 minutes of work with maybe a slight sweat, then the sound of beers cracking open.

 

[averageguy]

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Yeah, that's a little different. The two most popular ways to stop this from happening again is to install headers or have the face of the manifolds machined flat before reinstalling.