FordService

I think it's time to make an appointment at your dealership, JohnnyC. Be sure to circle back and let us know what you find out.

Crystal

trippen1999

My truck has been at the dealer since Monday afternoon. I dropped it off around 5:30pm. The service manager listened to my recording of the sound and first thing he said was he thinks it's the timing chain tensioner. I should get a call sometime today. I'll keep y'all posted. Yeah, I agree with cord...first one is timing chain slack clatter. The second...have noclue.

FordService

Thanks for offering to keep us in the loop, trippen1999. Give me a shout if there's anything else I can do to help.

Crystal

JohnnyC

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Crystal

For sure. It's going next Wednesday. It's still under warranty as I bought the extended coverage. Looks like it'll payoff.
Thanks I will let come back when we get some answers

Eco Tuner

Never leave a engine noise un-checked. With Crystal here on this. Timing chain is easy fix until failure and piston to valve contact results from total failure.

JohnnyC

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I hope not. I hope there's a loose bolt. And I get laughed at for an easy fix.
Plus with it under factory coverage is be dumb to not get it looked at.

trippen1999

Yeah. Broken timing chain would result in having to pretty much get a new engine. Thanks for the help Crystal. I hope it is just a tensioner and not the chain or cam phasers. This repair is going to break my pocket book big time.

trippen1999

The Ford service representative called me yesterday. She said she was in contact with the service manager where my truck is and I should hear something monday. Sucks not having my truck, I'm Gona have to rent a car to get to work all weekend...

trippen1999

Ford just called. Main tensioner is bad. One of the secondary tensioner is bad. Main chain has slight amount of stretch.

Cord

How was the determination made that it was the tensioner? Not questioning the diagnosis, just wondering how they got to it.