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[LETHL 1]

the car makes this ticking noise and i cant stand it and its embarrassing can anybody help me?

 

[miss.mod.50]

thats kinda how my 97 cobra sounded when i got it......new lash adjusters fixed it for me :dontknow:

how many miles the car got?

 

[CWO]

HOLE E crap. Woodgrain? AWESOME!

Does it do it all the time or does it stop after it runs for a few minutes?

 

[LETHL 1]

the motor was rebuilt and only has around 1,000 miles on it, and the ticking is all the time

 

[MustangChris]

valve follower, lash adjuster, timing chain guides?

have you checked your oil?

 

[LETHL 1]

oil is good, i think it might be timing chain because idle jumps at time

 

[MustangChris]

hmmmmm. any other problems? have you pulled codes?

 

[LETHL 1]

just ticks and idle stays around 1500 at times when i come to a stop and if i let it idle it will do it

 

[chris91]

That doesnt sound like a timing chain problem. Does sound like the valve lash adjusters though. Sounds just like my buddies Terminator and thats what it was.

[video=youtube;sLvosVYC-Vo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLvosVYC-Vo[/video]

 

[LETHL 1]

yeah it does sound like that but what can the idle problem be? and by the way that video was hard to watch with your avatar lol

 

[chris91]

Idle could be the IAC. Take it off and clean it. If it helps a little bit, go ahead and replace it because cleaning it only delays it a little.

 

[LETHL 1]

ok thank you guys, im not good with cars but i want to be, if i had a shop replace the lash adjusters and clean the IAC how long will i not have my car?

 

[MustangChris]

no need for a shop to replace the iac. you can do that. 2 minutes.

a shop will need a few days for lash adjusters.

 

[LETHL 1]

can i really?

 

[MustangChris]

yup.

it's the sensor on the intake pipe. unplug it, remove it, New one in, plug it in, throw old one away.


last I checked you can get one from auto zone for about 20.00 or a genuine food one for about 50.00

 

[ttocs]

Mine was making a similar noise a couple months ago and I found it was just a couple of loose header bolts. Tightened them up and in 5 mins it was gone.

 

[LETHL 1]

Mine was making a similar noise a couple months ago and I found it was just a couple of loose header bolts. Tightened them up and in 5 mins it was gone.

wow! i'm going to check them tomorrow and see i ewould love it if it was this! because the motor was rebuilt by a professional shop i don't know how something could be bad in it

 

[ttocs]

I had a shop install some heads on mine to watch it burn in on the dyno. Shtuff happens all the time but start simple before you start tearing things apart. If its that loud and the headers loose you should be able to find it pretty quickly as mine was about the same. I found one bolt almost ready to fall out and the other nut was missing. Sound almost the same as mine really.


A bad spark plug wire can also cause a clicking noise but its a different kind of noise though. More electronic as what happens is the signal arch's across the bad area and you will hear it pop more then click.

 

[MustangChris]

ah. exhaust leak... good idear.

 

[ttocs]

I have no exp with the 4.6 myself but that was my first impression.