Guest Pedram Posted September 12, 2014 Report Share Posted September 12, 2014 Oh I see... Hint hint. Bring coffee and doughnuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erinw.rrc Posted September 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2014 Oh I see... Hint hint. Bring coffee and doughnuts. Lol! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRover Posted September 14, 2014 Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 We haven't had the opportunity to actually drive the Red Rover because of all of the suspension work -- after finishing we took it to dinner last night to road test. I noticed a weird popping sound coming from the muffler that sits just past the LH driver's side. Below is a video of the noise and you can see the vibration. You'll note in the video that if I lightly push on the muffler, the loudness is reduced considerably. Muffler "popping" noise I haven't correlated exactly what conditions make it happen; it's more frequent when sitting at idle, especially if the engine has not been running long. It seems to disappear once the exhaust system gets sufficiently hot. -Jared UPDATE: I've run the engine a couple of times since I took it out to Hollister (no noise there either) & haven't heard the noise since I originally posted this. Question: is it likely to come back if it is a loose baffle or do they sometimes 'fix' themselves? -Jared Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DHappel Posted September 14, 2014 Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 A loose baffle would mean a weld that was broken or never welded down good in the first place on the inside of the muffler. It's possible that the exhaust pressure finally pushed it into a position where it won't rattle. The question is will it stay that way. Hard to say. It's not 'fixed', so it could come back. I guess the question is 'do you feel lucky'? Or maybe, 'how tired are you of messing with the exhaust?'. The right thing would be to replace it. But it's a PITA since you have to remove it, ship it back, wait on them to send the new one, then re-install. As you know, if it does fail again it's not going to disable the truck, it's just going to be annoying. So it's not a critical component in that regard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRover Posted September 15, 2014 Report Share Posted September 15, 2014 A loose baffle would mean a weld that was broken or never welded down good in the first place on the inside of the muffler. It's possible that the exhaust pressure finally pushed it into a position where it won't rattle. The question is will it stay that way. Hard to say. It's not 'fixed', so it could come back. I guess the question is 'do you feel lucky'? Or maybe, 'how tired are you of messing with the exhaust?'. The right thing would be to replace it. But it's a PITA since you have to remove it, ship it back, wait on them to send the new one, then re-install. As you know, if it does fail again it's not going to disable the truck, it's just going to be annoying. So it's not a critical component in that regard. Ya, you're saying what I figured, Don. I'm mainly wanting to be done with it, but it's probably best to just get it replaced. Guess I'll call AB tomorrow morning. -Jared Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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