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Old Jan 29, 2013 | 11:19 PM
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so you guys know how when you turn off the truck you can hear the oil "pinging" as it hits the pan?

I swear I can hear the same thing when I'm sitting at stop lights...

Is that normal? I don't recall my old truck (03 4.7) doing that.

Just wanna make sure something's not wrong with my first Hemi...
 
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Old Jan 29, 2013 | 11:22 PM
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You're running a Cherry Bomb exhaust and you can hear oil dripping in the pan with the engine running at a stop light? I don't think I've ever heard such a thing and wouldn't unless I turn the truck off and crawl underneath it and put my ear on the oil pan.
 
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Old Jan 29, 2013 | 11:36 PM
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You're running a Cherry Bomb exhaust and you can hear oil dripping in the pan with the engine running at a stop light? I don't think I've ever heard such a thing and wouldn't unless I turn the truck off and crawl underneath it and put my ear on the oil pan.
its a 22" glasspack; I kept the factory resonator on to help with MDS drone. Its actually really quiet when stopped at a light. Makes noise when you start moving again though. Actually planning on buying a flashpaq and cutting off MDS so I can remove the resonator and not worry about drone.
 
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Old Feb 9, 2013 | 12:58 AM
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so nobody else has something like this? its starting to worry me...

I just don't know if it IS oil hitting the pan or if its something else, or why I can hear it in the first place, never could in any other vehicle until you shut it off (not because of exhaust noise)
 

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Old Feb 9, 2013 | 01:51 PM
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you could passively find out, check oil often if it stays at normal levels you should be golden
 
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Old Feb 9, 2013 | 08:40 PM
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It is probably the exhaust, especially if you run the defrost and the condensate water drips on the exhaust.
 
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Old Feb 10, 2013 | 12:24 AM
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^^^^^^ I have to agree with LX. I have never heard this happen on my ram, even when I cut the truck off
 
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