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01-09-2011, 08:25 PM
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Starting to **** me off
Ok so i keep hearing this ticking noise inside my truck and i cant find it scorce. it only happens when im on the throttle.... it doesnt matter if the engine is hot or cold... its comming from what sounds like the driverside rear of the engine. i checked the egr tube and it looks ok as well.there are no signs of an exaust leak that i can tell or bad blug wires... any help? or is my engine gona just gona blow up. haha please chime in if you have any suggestions b4 i throw something. by the way... its a1997 f150 4.6L i just put a bottle of lucas fuel treatment in today but really havent ran the truck hard yet considering gas prices are running me broke. haha
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01-09-2011, 08:49 PM
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I had the same problem until today I fixed it, I believe you have the same problem I had and its a easy fix go down to autozone and buy a bottle Lucas fuel injector cleaner put about $20 worth of gas and the recommended amount I bout the smallest bottle and used half of it for $20 worth of gas, I drove around for a while sometimes stepping on it and the ticking stopped 
see if that works and let me know
see if that works and let me know
01-09-2011, 10:31 PM
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Piece of trash or carbon in the valve lifter maybe, Txusbo is right. I like to use Lucas upper Cylinder Lubricant, it has freed many tapping valve lifters and it won't hurt anything. The upper cylinder lubricant is the same as the small bottle "injector cleaner" but you get a quart for $9.99 and it treats about 6 tanks of gasoline so it is a lot cheaper. You can overdose without harming the engine. I use it in all four of my vehicles and they all run great. In fact my engines seem to be addicted to the stuff.
01-09-2011, 10:37 PM
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i have the same problem and i know it aint a loose plug cause it dont do it when revving in park or neutral, when i got the truck it had a "punisher performance" chip thing wired into the air temp sensor. i took it off today and floored the thing, and i couldn't hear it anymore, i didnt drive it much today so that mita fixed it or maybe not
01-09-2011, 10:41 PM
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I have this same noise!
Its under moderate to heavy acceleration, to me sounds like it is from the (looking at the motor from front side) drivers side rear of the engine. I really dont think it is a internal engine noise, but rather an external rattle caused by a certain load and RPM range.
I may be able to capture it via my camera and upload it to Youtube. If so maybe this will help solve the issue?
Its under moderate to heavy acceleration, to me sounds like it is from the (looking at the motor from front side) drivers side rear of the engine. I really dont think it is a internal engine noise, but rather an external rattle caused by a certain load and RPM range.
I may be able to capture it via my camera and upload it to Youtube. If so maybe this will help solve the issue?
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01-10-2011, 08:03 PM
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I have this same noise!
Its under moderate to heavy acceleration, to me sounds like it is from the (looking at the motor from front side) drivers side rear of the engine. I really dont think it is a internal engine noise, but rather an external rattle caused by a certain load and RPM range.
I may be able to capture it via my camera and upload it to Youtube. If so maybe this will help solve the issue?
Its under moderate to heavy acceleration, to me sounds like it is from the (looking at the motor from front side) drivers side rear of the engine. I really dont think it is a internal engine noise, but rather an external rattle caused by a certain load and RPM range.
I may be able to capture it via my camera and upload it to Youtube. If so maybe this will help solve the issue?
sounds exatly like what i got. same place and everthing. if you fix it plese tell me and if i figure it out ill be sure to tell you! haha
oh and would adding zmax to my oil help at all? they talk that stuff up alot just never tried it.
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01-10-2011, 09:08 PM
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Do a search and you'll find Zmax has had a couple lawsuits because their product does nothing. I wouldn't touch that stuff with a ten foot pole. Lucas Upper cylinder like said above can help if it's a lifter or valve.