2006 Laundry List of Noises...Help?
MX71
Joined: Jan 2009
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From: Scottsdale, AZ
Passenger side manifold leak gives a loud tick, very common... It'll be real loud at startup then get quiet once the metal expands. Once u start driving tho it'll tick tick tick...
Quick way to check it is this- once it's warned up put it in drive hold the brake and give it some gas. If it ticks its most likely the manifold leak. It won't tick if its in neutral and u just rev it... The engine needs to be under a load(driving). Also driving along a wall will make the tick louder. The tick resonates off it...
Quick way to check it is this- once it's warned up put it in drive hold the brake and give it some gas. If it ticks its most likely the manifold leak. It won't tick if its in neutral and u just rev it... The engine needs to be under a load(driving). Also driving along a wall will make the tick louder. The tick resonates off it...
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From: Pittsburgh PA.
Originally Posted by mscheuler
This is my situation exactly. In neutral, no major tick except for on startup on the passenger side. Under load the ticking begins. I'll look into fixing the manifold leak! Thanks for the great information.
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A weird noise my truck used to make idling or loaded like you say turned out to be my front skid plate.
I initially thought it was my exhaust, so I went through, checked all my heat shields and such to no avail.
My skid plate wasn't really loose, but wasn't tight either. I loosened all the bolts off and made sure it wasn't strained at all and tightened them back up and voila it was gone.
Another thing that's bothered me in the past has been stones in the cross-members.
I initially thought it was my exhaust, so I went through, checked all my heat shields and such to no avail.
My skid plate wasn't really loose, but wasn't tight either. I loosened all the bolts off and made sure it wasn't strained at all and tightened them back up and voila it was gone.
Another thing that's bothered me in the past has been stones in the cross-members.
Triton54HD
Joined: Jun 2012
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From: Joliet, IL
on my o6 scab, i had that ticking in the dash. I found it to be the plastic piece in front of the driver with the black oval that has the led in it. I removed that and put essentially weather stripping all around it. installed it and no noise now!! if you do it make sure the interior is fairly warm of you will break tabs off, and cause yourself a whole lot of cursing...lol