It has been a few miles and all is still good...except...
Now that the engine is quiet i can hear a different tick.
It is just a tick at idle, but when you rev and let off; it makes a noise like a rock in a soda can.
As far as I and others helping can tell it is coming from the passenger side cat.
At first it just sounds like a tiny exhaust tick then it grows as she gets warmer!
Is it possible that some genius dropped a nut down there or is this a bad cat?
Does anyone know if you can get just one side done or does it have to be the whole Y pipe?
I have priced the Y pipe from a few places and none are wallet friendly.
ANY ideas are welcome!

 

To Flush Or Not To Flush That Is The Question.

I'm going to skip the chemical flush and just dismantle it. I have a hard time doing 90%. It has been draining/dripping since last night.
And since I ended up snapping the trackbar tie-rod ends and adjuster trying to get them out and the new parts won't be here until Monday...
I think a detailed cleaning is in order.
I have to say...I love this oil pan! It's square, flat and will even come out without a fight!
My Jeep is like solving a freaking rubic's cube! One way out and one way in!
I can tell by listening when I start it that the oil pickup is plugged.
When it starts you can hear the oil pump sucking until the goo in the sump filter pops.
Findings will be posted next week.

I have comfirmed the foriegn object in my exhaust.
It is a nut or something at the back end of the passenger cat.
I will be dropping the Y pipe later today.

 

Check this out!
I don't think a chemical flush will help this much!

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Edit 1:15 am
Wow! this thing is nasty!
Thats not just slime, it's glazed. I think I know where the idea for plastics came from.
A can of carb cleaner, a wire brush, a putty knife and a lot of scrubbing, but she's clean.
Easy enough to tell when you are done.
The stuff in the sump screen was like taffy. I had to scape it with a screw driver to get the chunks off, blow it both ways with carb cleaner, scrape again, blow again and then I used my fingertip to work the rest of it through the screen and gave it a final shot with the carb cleaner.
No wonder it couldn't get any oil.
I will pop the plugs on oil pump and look around in the morning while I degloss the bottom end of the block.
The valve covers come off in the morning also.
I will get the after pictures also.



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