DanJetta wrote:Hey guys,
When you're idling, does your exhaust click constantly? When I'm sitting in a drive through or something my exhaust clicks in incessantly--sort of like when you turn your car off after a long trip and it clicks from heat/cooling expansion or something... except mine doesn't stop clicking when the engine is running.
It's a V8, in case that matters.
Yes! Mine absolutely does. Happy to learn I'm not the only one. I've only owned my V8 Pathfinder for a couple weeks and I am finding it amazing that all the little quirks appear to be universal across model owners. One way to look at it is it appears these things are not unusual and therefore, hopefully, not cause for alarm. I was thinking of taking it in to have a mechanic look at it and tell me what the deal was but I may wait for more feedback on these forums first.
Just curious where do you hear it most? I hear it in the driver side front fender area most often when I get out of the vehicle and walk to the front to move the trash can from the driveway (our garbage man loves to leave it in the middle of the driveway blocking the drive). I'm assuming there must be a heat shield there from the left engine bank where the exhaust manifold is coming out of the left side of the engine. And you're right, it sounds just like what most cars sound like when they are turned off from a long trip and there is that drip-click sound.
Again, what's ironic is every little quirk I've noticed so far in the two short weeks I've owned the beast is apparently plaguing other owners like the weird trans shift sensation described in the thread below (check it out and tell me if yours does the same):
http://www.thenissanpath.com/viewtopic.php?t=6619