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- Location
- Yarmouth, NS, Canada
- Vehicle Year
- 1997
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Size
- 4.0
- Transmission
- Manual
my 1997 ranger 4.0l has an exhaust leak that ive been having trouble finding. it will only do it under load and not at idle or when revving in neutral. I have replaced both manifolds, gaskets, egr and egr to manifold pipe due to the old manifolds being rusted out/ cracked. everything is torqued. I have tried putting a rag in the tail pipe still cant find it. haven't had the chance to use a smoke machine on it yet. is there anything common on these engines to check for? I don't see any soot or anything anywhere. seems to be leaking from drivers side somewhere around the manifold area or at least that's what it sounds like when driving. this has done it even after replacing those parts. the egr valve seems to have a small crack where the fitting for the tube goes in but it is very small. maybe it could be there? I'm planning on replacing the valve anyways. hopefully someone has had this issue before and knows what it is because its really starting to get annoying. thanks in advance.
