KY-B3000
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- Location
- Louisville, Ky
- Vehicle Year
- 2004
- Make / Model
- Mazda
- Engine Size
- 3.0
- Transmission
- Automatic
Ive got a 04 B3000 work/glass truck with about 158K miles on it. It has a huge glass rack on the bed that catches alot of wind on the highway and is always loaded up with glass. Its literally all the truck can do to run 70 mph and has been worked like this its whole life.....
Last year (about 40,000 miles ago) it started knocking/ticking from what sounds like the passenger side head, only under a load. Whenever you got up to speed it stopped and didnt make noise anymore, but now its louder and does it more. Now itll do it sometimes when the truck downshifts for a hill or if you just accelerate to pass someone. There has also been an exhaust leak on the manifold (same side) for about 3 years, but its totally different sound. My guess is a lifter but why would it stop after the load on the engine levels off?
The truck has always had the best of everything maintence wise, $50 full synthetic oil changes every 4K its whole life, its driven every day.
Any ideas?
Last year (about 40,000 miles ago) it started knocking/ticking from what sounds like the passenger side head, only under a load. Whenever you got up to speed it stopped and didnt make noise anymore, but now its louder and does it more. Now itll do it sometimes when the truck downshifts for a hill or if you just accelerate to pass someone. There has also been an exhaust leak on the manifold (same side) for about 3 years, but its totally different sound. My guess is a lifter but why would it stop after the load on the engine levels off?
The truck has always had the best of everything maintence wise, $50 full synthetic oil changes every 4K its whole life, its driven every day.
Any ideas?