Take and disconnect the fuel injector from where you think the noise is
coming from. If the noise stops it's an injector(duh) If it doesn't stop
hook the injector wire back up and disconnect the wires individually for the
injectors to each side of the sound(this will definitely RULE OUT a faulty
injector(of course don't forget to test the wire before changing out the
injector. IFALL OF THIS doesn't work and you feel it's deep in the
engine--then I would say that it's a valve lifter that has varnished up or
collapsed. Either way, it's something that takes time to rule out this and
that to find the problem.
Tim R.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Matt ." <guynamedsly@hotmail.com>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2000 7:52 AM
Subject: DML: I need help
> This is the second time I've written this..the 1st time it was kicked out
> because help was the first word in the subject arghh.!
>
> Yesterday i went to my parents house..I was leaving a while later, and my
> mom noticed a ticking sound? I thought it would go away as soon as it
warmed
> up so I didn't think to much of it. Well, it didnn't go away. The truck is
> running like crap and the ticking seems to have gotten a little worse.
It's
> not a steady beat, but it is constantly there. I looked under the hood and
> it seems the sound is coming from under the intake, maybe down in the
block?
> maybe a little to the right if your standing in front of the truck looking
> at it. The chedx engine light came on so I ran the code checker on the
> odometer. It said chec and played with the gauges but no codes ever came
up?
> This is starting to et aggravating..seem at least once a month something
> on this truck breaks..only 40,000 miles...
>
> If you guys have any idea what this might be, please help me out..would be
> greatly appreciated.
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