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Old Oct 5, 2010 | 07:40 PM
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Weird dripping noise?

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whenever i turn off the truck, i hear what sounds like water dripping coming from the motor... is this normal? what is it caused by?
 
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Old Oct 5, 2010 | 07:44 PM
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does it sound like its hitting the exhaust, ground, what? How loud is it? Can you smell anything like coolant, fuel?


*It might just be the manifolds coolign down and constricting.
 

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Old Oct 5, 2010 | 07:57 PM
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Either condesate from the a/c dripping (if you have a/c) or like mercougar93 said, exhaust cooling down.
 
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Old Oct 5, 2010 | 08:19 PM
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sorry about that, it sounds like its coming from the block itself doesnt sound like metal, it sounds just like water dripping into a bucket?
 
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Oil running back down to the oil pan.
 
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Old Oct 5, 2010 | 09:05 PM
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Oil running back down to the oil pan.
thats what i was figuring but i have never once heard this in my life so i wanted to be sure that it wasnt something horrible, thanks!
 
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I am dripping water from my motor. I found it the other day. My middle freeze plug on the drivers side is leaking pretty good. I am going to tackle it friday. I should just have to pull the exhaust manifold to get access.
 
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