At cold startup I hear a ticking sound like an exhaust leak. After the engine warms up (5 minutes) the sound goes away until the next cold start. I hear the same thing on a 96 explorer with the 5.0 engine.

I have removed the exhaust pipes from the manifold ba...

FIX posted 3/28/2003

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