The oil level is good and I just watched the engine running in the dark and
didn't see any arcing. The lifters only have 3000 miles on them but that
doesn't make them good. When a lifter goes bad, what actually happens? They don't
pump up and the ticking is the sound of the lifter hitting the push rod and
rocker? It does sound a little louder from under the truck but I thought it
might be just ricocheting sound. Any way to test this? I wish I had a
mechanics stethoscope.
Thanks again,
James
In a message dated 9/19/2003 8:19:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
barnesrv@comcast.net writes:
> Sounds like a lifter failing. How is your oil level ? It is remotely
> possibly a bad spark plug wire, with the spark jumping to ground, but it
> might miss if this was happening.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of JAMEPC@aol.com
> Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 7:40 PM
> To: aol@dakota-truck.net
> Subject: DML: Loud Ticking
>
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>
>
>
>
> All of a sudden theres this loud ticking. It sounds like it's coming from
> the #2 or # 4 cylinder area. It could be an exhaust leak but what else
> would
> make a large metalic ticking sound? It's a constant 3 ticks per second at
> idle
> and increases proportionatly with rpm's. It can be easily heard from inside
>
> the cab with the windows up.
> Thanks for any help.
> James
> '93 318
>
>
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