ok so i was looking all over for the maf pullin stuff off but i cant find a wire that seems right can someone point it out in my pics?

 

I have a 2004 f150 with 5.4 engine. This engine has been making a clicking noise for about 60k miles it sounds like a flat lifter would make on a older model. I had the engine overhauled at 144k miles but the noise is still there. When the engine is cold the sound is not there. My brother in law has an identical model and his is begining to make the same noise.Can anyone help?

 

ljscott: I have the 5.4L as well with a K&N CAI and with my intake, the MAF slide into the tube between the filter and the TB. I'm sure yours is not much different.

 

well there 1 on the outside and its not a censor not sure wht it is and then there is the censor that i pulled the wire off do i also need to remove whatever is in the cai.... i think thats the one im lookin for

 

Have you returned your tune to stock? Not sure if it is what is happening to you, but several tuners aren't setup for CAI's and cause a lean condition.

 

2004 MAF per rockauto:

 

so this could b the problem and that thing would fix it

 

I doubt it.

Have you checked your plugs since it started acting up again?

 

not since it cost 2 dang much to get someone to do it and to easy to break for me to want to try it

 

I would tend to rule out the maf because changing the plugs temporarily fixed it. How did the used plugs look when they were pulled?