I have a 35th anniversary 1999 mustang with a 3.8l v6 and on the driver side of the car it's making like a bubbling percolating noise nothing really changes the noise shifting into neutral or park noise is still there turn the a/c compressor on and off still a noise there I checked my coolant level thinking maybe it's the overfill lol but I can't seem to figure out what it is no service lights on or anything if anyone knows let me know ha

Thank you
Cody

 

welcome to TMS glad to have ya aboard. Only thing I can think of is your car is overheating. How many mile are on it?

 

You think it's from overheating? It makes the noise even from start up and the gauge is reading normal, it only has 62,000 miles on it

 

Power steering fluid?

 

I thought that too lol but it's at the max fill line and clear as the first day it was put in lol

 

Clear? What color? You sure your looking at the right thing? Should be red...

 

Yea I meant clean instead of clear yea power steering is at the fill line

 

Pump could still be going out. Does turning the vehicle change the noise?

 

Turning the wheel does
No change the noise internally but I know that it need new wheel bearings cause the axle is making a kind of clunk noise when driving, also I discovered that the coolant is emptying pretty fast and a slight smell of burnt coolant is present maybe bad head gasket? Thermostat issue letting air in causing bubbling?

 

Bad head gasket should be letting water in the oil or vice versa. Should also be running rough.

 

have you opened the hood and took a listen that way??

 

With the car running at just an idle it's slight roughness nothing awful possibly a small timing issue, and the coolant is normal now no burning smell or anything checked it again today after a longer drive, with the hood open listening to the noise it sounds like it's coming from the intake manifold somewhere hard to pin point it but that's where im pretty sure I heard the noise coming from.

 

I had a similar problem I suppose , if it's the same ticking noise I had the problem is where the maniful connects to the muffler the part where it bolts on was cracked at first and the noise was moderate but when it completely broke off it sounded like a motorcycle could be that ?

 

Well it sounds more like a bubbling or gargling noise then a ticking noise I almost think it's air trapped in the coolant system or a vacuum leak

 

Also noticed today that when I go from drive to park the noise stops and does not happen in park

 

Transmission fluid. What is the level?

 

Checking lol I hope it's something as simple as that

 

Well its the only liquid sound that the transmission can directly change... So it has to be that. If the level is fine what is the color of it and are there tons of little fluid bubbles on the stick? Take a picture of it and post it here. Would like to see what it looks like.

 

Just checked the tranny fluid it's full

 

Okay I'll take a picture the fluid was red not dark, did not smell burnt, the dip stick has little bubbles made into it I'll post a pic