Another experience with ticking V8 4.4 ...
01-31-2006, 09:51 AM
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Is the ticking more pronounced when the engine is cold and then subsides as the engine warms up?
I'm having my engine checked out tomorrow by a FSE....
PS. This particular problem has nothing to do with low oil, pinging, vavletronic levers.
I'm having my engine checked out tomorrow by a FSE....
PS. This particular problem has nothing to do with low oil, pinging, vavletronic levers.
01-31-2006, 05:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Don Juan' post='232460' date='Jan 31 2006, 10:06 AM
Now you guys got me paranoid 
i hear a ticking sound on the driver side of the engine 
today when i dropped the car for the CIP upgrade I wasked my shop foreman and he said that is normal and osund like the injectors, normal. He also pointed out that could be the low oil in my car as I have 6k miles and the Idrive shows I only have 1/2 the engine oil 
.. so they will check on it as the 3 and 5 series are misteriously consuming oil (his comments)
i hear a ticking sound on the driver side of the engine today when i dropped the car for the CIP upgrade I wasked my shop foreman and he said that is normal and osund like the injectors, normal. He also pointed out that could be the low oil in my car as I have 6k miles and the Idrive shows I only have 1/2 the engine oil .. so they will check on it as the 3 and 5 series are misteriously consuming oil (his comments)How loud is it? Faint, Soft, Regular (* Like normal human voice talking loud *), Loud, or Excessively loud?
I hear it on the right side of mine too (Drivers Side Bank) and I would describe it as Soft.
02-02-2006, 09:09 AM
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Now you guys got me paranoid i hear a ticking sound on the driver side of the engine today when i dropped the car for the CIP upgrade I wasked my shop foreman and he said that is normal and osund like the injectors, normal. He also pointed out that could be the low oil in my car as I have 6k miles and the Idrive shows I only have 1/2 the engine oil .. so they will check on it as the 3 and 5 series are misteriously consuming oil (his comments)
i hear a ticking sound on the driver side of the engine today when i dropped the car for the CIP upgrade I wasked my shop foreman and he said that is normal and osund like the injectors, normal. He also pointed out that could be the low oil in my car as I have 6k miles and the Idrive shows I only have 1/2 the engine oil .. so they will check on it as the 3 and 5 series are misteriously consuming oil (his comments)How loud is it? Faint, Soft, Regular (* Like normal human voice talking loud *), Loud, or Excessively loud?
I hear it on the right side of mine too (Drivers Side Bank) and I would describe it as Soft.
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I just got my car back from the the dealer(vavle levers replaced).Cold starts are much better now,but the engine clatter hasn't gone away.I'm pretty sure it's coming from the passanger side.
02-02-2006, 05:05 PM
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Originally Posted by dee' post='233547' date='Feb 2 2006, 10:09 AM
I just got my car back from the the dealer(vavle levers replaced).Cold starts are much better now,but the engine clatter hasn't gone away.I'm pretty sure it's coming from the passanger side.
Sound like a disel? but just softer and not as loud?
02-02-2006, 05:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Jack-E61' post='230909' date='Jan 28 2006, 07:31 AM
My Mightmare is gone - hopefully forever.
But now you have to go through another break-in period! :'(
02-02-2006, 06:10 PM
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02-03-2006, 12:17 AM
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Sound like a disel? but just softer and not as loud?
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Sounds like a disel.
02-03-2006, 10:53 AM
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02-03-2006, 11:30 AM
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I recently noticed that my 09/2004 build 545 has a slight ticking sound just after starting but only while cold. It goes away once the white tach limit warning bug moves to normal. It sounds like a single valve/lifter is little loose or sloppy. When the engine is warm, it is perfectly quiet.
Normal? Related? Something to worry about?
Normal? Related? Something to worry about?