Cant get rid of the ticking noise! replaced both manifold gaskets. inspected the manifolds and smoked the system to try to find the leak. still no luck. has anyone found a fix for this? heard that i may be a valve noise. going crazy please help.

 

How did you smoke the exhaust to find a leak? I just need to subscribe to this since mines doing it 2

 

Are you sure the manifolds aren't warped? If they aren't and there are no other exhaust leaks, are you hearing the ticking of a plug about to blow out, what are the plugs torqued to?

 

The shop changed my plugs 21K miles ago and ive been hearing it ever since i got my truck around a year ago, i think mines a exhaust leak where the manifold connects to the cat but i dont know of a way to find out for sure

 

With the system cold take a bottle of very soapy water and spray it where you think the leak is. Then make the engine roll over a few times but not fire. This should push exhaust gases through the leak at cause bubbles if there is a leak.

 

I used our evap smoke machine at work to look for a leak. not a plug noise plugs are torqued to factory spec. possible manifolds are warped. thinking of doing shoty headers. so idk.

 

Factory torque spec is too low, thus leading to all the blowout problems. 28 ft/lbs dry is the best torque standard. That's nice to have the evap machine at your disposal to test.

 

now that i recall it was doing it before i did the plugs so idk. begining to get over it and just going to turn the radio up. lol

 

Yea thats what i do, i just leave the radio on, dont take much noise to drown out the tick but its annoying when you hear it

 

Mine was making a ticking noise replaced exhaust gaskets,changed and adjusted valves, lifters still had tick got tired of messing with it took it to ford dealer it is timing tensioner bad. So I'll give them there $800 parts and labor and hopefully they get it to stop ticking