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    Clacking noise

    I'm not sure what bracket your talking about. I had the starter off a couple of weeks ago and don't remember any bracket.
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    Clacking noise

    Okay, I've ordered a mechanic stethoscope and will for sure pin point the location before I tear it apart. Thanks for the advice. A few years back (when the truck was my dad's), he hit a buck and the antlers pierced the oil cooler, I'm not for sure all that he had replaced. It looks like oil has...
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    Clacking noise

    So l guess my next step is to start taking things apart and see what I can see.
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    Clacking noise

    I have not been able to pinpoint it exactly,but it seems to be coming down from the passenger side of the engine.
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    Clacking noise

    Also is the air filter minder something important or can I just plug that hole?
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    Clacking noise

    Okay, it's been a long day. I haven't had a chance to try any of the things you've suggested, but I plan on it first chance I get. It does have an oil leak, it's not to major, but it is a leak. And the starter is going out, that's probably what you were hearing when it started up. It dosent...
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    Clacking noise

    I was wondering if it could be the gauge, because when I fill up the fuel it goes way past the F.
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    Clacking noise

    The filter is wix and the oil is shell rotella t5 synthetic 15w-40.
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    Clacking noise

    If you listen close at the start when I rev it up you can hear it.
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    Clacking noise

    You can kinda hear the noise a little bit, but it is definitely not as bad as before. I'll see if I have a video of when it was worse and post that too
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    Clacking noise

    "The oil have was" The oil pressure gage
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    Clacking noise

    The oil have was going all the way down to zero at a hot idle. I also realized that I had overfilled the oil some when I changed it, so I corrected that tonight. Could that have made the oil pressure low? I don't know if you'll be able to here the clacking noise, since I put some Lucus upper...
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    Clacking noise

    What should the oil pressure read at hot idle?
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    Clacking noise

    So what I gather is that using some sort of injection cleaner/ lube I isn't really going to help. So I guess I just need to suck up and but some injectors. Another thing is that after I changed the oil and filter the other day the oil pressure has been reading low sometimes. It starts out normal...
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    Clacking noise

    I have been putting some Lucus fuel injector cleaner in recently. I think it was helping, may need to put some more in. Thanks for the info. Have an electrical problem that I could use some advice on, will probably do a post on it soon.
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    Clacking noise

    After some research I believe your right. I saw guys having similar knocking noises and it was the injectors. Thanks for the help. Are the injectors family easy to replace? They've never been changed in the ten years that we've had the truck.
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    Clacking noise

    The steering was really loose and the brakes were kinda weak; after I replaced the pump the steering wheel firmed up and the brakes weren't so weak. Although I remember now that I also filled up the power steering, which was low. I guess that could have had an effect on it too. Sorry if I'm not...
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    Clacking noise

    So the clacking noise was not the vaccum pump; but it did fix my loose steering wheel and week brakes, on a side note. Could the noise be something with the turbo? It doesn't happen all the time, mainly when I first start it up or when I accelerate. I'll attach a video. You can really hear it...
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    Clacking noise

    I think I've determined that it's the vaccum pump, is that important to replace right away or can I let it go for a little while.
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    Clacking noise

    97'
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