- Mar 22, 2013
- 17
Hey, I have read the junk out of your stuff on the old site, and ur responses are one of the reasons Ive joined, but was sent a message today that all of you are here now, and Im glad Ive found you (you wont be!) any ways, can I please ask you 2 or 3 ?'s First, I have an 04 TB I6 4x4 LS with 170,000 miles. Love this thing but shes giving me a headache with 2 things. 1 is the P0442 code. the other is the tick,tick,tick noise from the clutch fan. Easiest first. From what Ive read, the tick,tick,tick noise is normal. a mechanic told me my fan clutch was going bad and needed to replace it, so i did this past mon. wed afternoon, tick tick tick again???? Is that ok or not? . 2. I have the P0442 code, I had the dreaded manifold crack of death. I replaced the manifold with aftermarket that is thicker and better built(they said)than OEM. Well Im young and impatient and broke 3 bolts, but finished the job,well the truck had never been so quite! I was happy,happy,happy. Well a week and a half later, of coarse it got loud, so I took it to my mechanic from church and he drilled out and fixed everything, but when I got it back it still wasn't as quite as it was when i fixed it. I drove it for about 2 weeks and sis light came on. P0442. took truck back to mechanic and ask him to fix his brazing job around c converter(had it replaced too during manifold fix he did). he had to braze it cause his welder broke and there was a bad leak around the braze. well he brazed some more but still didnt completly have it sealed. drove it for 2 months with this not real loud, but still louder than it should be, so i broke down and took it to a muffler shop. he said P0442 could be exhaust leak(true or false) so he welded the pipes good, checked muffler, busted on top???? he showed it to me, replaced muffler, checked resignator(sp?) and had a chunk of something in it, said it was part of old c converter that had broke and prob what tore up muffler and is now resting in the resignater pipe. said wont hurt anything.(t or f) anyways, reset the computer on the truck yesterday when he got done and light came back on this morning after it ran for 10min. P0442. The truck still isn't as quite as it was that day i fixed it,sounds like its coming from the manifold. so should i try to retighten bolts to 18# in correct sequance or should I try another seafoam test before i do the manifold bolts, I did 1 last week but so much smoke was coming from the braze job and it was windy, I couldnt tell if it was leaking around manifold gasket. Sorry this was so long but your help is greatly appreciated!!!! Thanks in advance, Daniel
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. So on down the list I go. What would you all check next?
The original neck on mine rusted right where it connected to the rubber hose (which was kinked btw and made it hard to fill). Got a used neck and hose from ebay, stuck it on there, and voila, no more leak, stink, or SES light. Wasn't expensive nor was it all that hard either. A couple nuts, a bolt, and a couple hose clamps, and that's it.
