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Old 04-07-2009, 08:40 PM
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my 88 cherekee inline 6 when i start the car it almost sounds as if my tire has a hole in it but it doesnt it not even coming from my tires i swear air is leaking out but its coming from the tail pipe. It literally sounds like a tire loosing air sometimes and other times i think when the car is warmer it hummms annoying as hell it just hummmmmms while the car is one while im driving i dont notice it though just when im sitting but mostly when i just start the car before i put the stereo face in the sound is there please help!!
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Check for a rattlesnake under the drivers seat......!
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vacuum leak it sounds like to me but idk about out of the tailpipe
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can you be any more vague? did you check the hoses? have a friend check your headers for cracks? does it smell funky? did you crawl under your jeep to see if its rusting on tail pipe? etc...

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