i have a ticking sound coming from my engine bay. it sounds closest to the golden looking thing in the picture from the link below. it only ticks wen im accelerating/revving. wen i drive by parked cars, the sound reflects off their car and i hear it pretty loud. i dont hear it after about 3k rpms and im driving a automatic. does anyone else have/know how to fix this problem?

http://www.exclusiveatlanta.com/maxi...0Valve%201.jpg <----golden looking thing in the middle of picture

have fun replacing your rear exhaust studs. That is your problem.

yeeeeeeeeeeep. thats goin to suck the big one..
it has nothing to do with that so called "gold thing" lol
- if u plan on keeping the car for a much longer time then, get thoes studs fixed asap, if their broken for a long time i think the header flang starts to warp and u hafta get new headers..
this might be the worst job u would ever hafta do...sry..

General Maint links, toward the bottom. write up on how to do rear manifold studs.

gold thing - power valve actuator

eh gay..well its been like that for a while..maybe 1 month. wats the effect of not fixing it other than a warped header/header flange? chances are im gona have enough money to swap in a vg30et which im 85% gonna do so i dont wanna put in extra money if im not gonna need to. thx for the replies

hmmmm people who "talk" about the VG30ET usually don't get it.

you allready know what problems will happen. if your swaping then who cares leave it alone but if your not then get it fixed A.S.A.P. by the way i feel your pain my max use to do that also but i got this dude to fix it up real cheap. You live far away or else i would tell ya were to go, im in Suffolk County Long Island. http://members.cardomain.com/nymax91

if i dont get the vg30et, im pretty much gonna get a 5th gen. sell my 3rdgen and let the buyer fix it i guess. the damage from the broken stud has prolly been done already.
thx for all the replies/responses