Never heard of the Hemi clack. There's a Hemi tick, which you can hear in nearly all Hemis.
I think it's just people using different terminology. But yes I hear a tick from the majority of hemis on the construction sites. My neighbor just got rid of his little Scion for a 2015ish Hemi Ram and I can hear it ticking from our place almost 100m away. It's bordering on being a knock, sounds more like the camshaft issue than the manifolds.?ÿ
@350rocketmike The valve springs on .. 3rd gen? Hemis were an issue. Supposedly the would break. But you'd know it, if it were the spring breaking. That small ticking is average.
I think that valve spring issue affected their 3.6 Pentastar V6 for certain early years also.?ÿ And it sounds like dropping valve seats is also an occasional disastrous event that can happen on any of Chrysler engines. The majority of people won't have any of those issues but a certain percentage will get unlucky.?ÿ
Valve spring could be a pretty cheap repair but dropping a valve seat means the end of engine usually.?ÿ
I guess I replied too soon about my Clack and the nonsense with my GPS system.?ÿ The clack has not reappeared however, tonight, my onboard GPS shit the bed again tonight and had me navigating in a completely different state through lakes.?ÿ?ÿ
Nobody ever told me that Ibought an amphibian!?ÿ I have a little over 800 miles left befor the bumper to bumper expires.?ÿ Guess who I will be on the the phone with in the AM?
@chris-bouffard Ford dealer?
My neighbor had the same issue first month with his new ram Warrior. They told him beyond warranty that it was a $7000 radio/GPS. This and many other similar example is why I want to keep a 17 year old truck.?ÿ
@thebionicman No, Dodge & Chevy dealer.
Just found out it was a common problem on Toyota Tundra from 08-10 also so possibly the same valve spring supplier to multiple brands through those years.?ÿ
@bstrand I have a 5.7 Hemi, it's my second one and always use regular unleaded, the clack has nothing to do with the gasoline.?ÿ My manifold stud was replaced in January of 2019 and that problem has gone away completely, the GPS is another nightmare!
Update to my follow up post from last night.?ÿ Today I got on the horn with the Chevy dealer who I bought me truck from, after about 10 minutes they passed me off to their Dodge service people.?ÿ That went well, they gave me the same song and dance as I got the first time I had the problem, "there is a new upgrade coming out in the 4th quarter, starting December and there are thousands of people already in line".?ÿ I explain to them that I only have 800 miles left on my warrantee and they kick me off to Chrysler/Dodge.
I call Chrysler/Dodge, explain my situation, the mileage situation and then get disconnected.?ÿ I call back find that a case has been opened, start talking to the case manager that took my original call and get dissconnected again!?ÿ Third attempt, theyhand me off to her voice mail and come back and tell me that my case manager has no voice mail set up and they dosconnect me again.?ÿ I'll jump back into that run around tomorrow.?ÿ The epic saga continues!
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Got the Hemi back, all fixed, it was the manifold bolts just like the mechanic suspected.?ÿ