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hissing noise from cylinder head

Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 11:29 pm
by newscram
now i have puffing from the exhaust but when i rev the engine i can hear a hissing noise from the cylinder head and the engine smels funny
when riding it i can do about 23mpg wooooooo :shock: but it is dead slow to accelerate it never used to it used to accelerate pretty fast

btw i did the other ost called problem with exhaust

Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 1:56 am
by sharpmagna
leak in the head gasket? take a piece of tubing and hold one end to your ear and the other move around the head. The tubing will act almost like a stethescoe and will amplify the noise. maybe you can trace it to the leak.

Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 10:00 am
by storysunfolding
could be a cylinder not firing