OK so here we go:


Ive got a ticking noise coming from the drivers side of the engine bay. The sound resembles an exhaust leak but I cannot for the life of me find one. Oh yeah, it's not that typical tick like what our injectors sound like and is only audible while under load
(mid-throttle around 2K RPM) I cannot duplicate the noise while the car is in park nor when it's on the lift.

So...
Is there any kind of test to check my lifters without removing the Intake manifold? How about my rocker arms, can they be tightened? Please help, my car sound like **** and i don't want to tear anything else up.

 

well a good way to test if it is your exhaust is to use something like seafoam and see if smoke pours out of your engine bay.