What you are hearing is the fuel injectors as they pulse open/closed. No
worries, it's just loud that way, and more noticable at idle.
I've had a '97 with the 3.9 that did this, and my '00QC with the 360 does
the same thing. I just chalked it up to engine music.
I fixed this "problem" by installing a Magnaflow TurboXL on my 360. Now I'm
lucky if I can hear myself think ;-).
-- JB"Terrible Tom" <SilverEightynine@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:3F6BBD38.90704@earthlink.net... > > Looks like I'm not the only one with engine ticking. Anyone with a 360 > know if the engine normally makes a ticking sound? My moms current and > previous Explorers both made/make this sound. Old one was a 4.0 V6 OHV > new one is a 4.0 V6 SOHC... I cant really hear it inside the truck - > and cant hear it any time other than at idle. I want to know if this is > normal or if I should insist the dealer fix whatever it is thats wrong > before my factory warrenty expires - assuming something is wrong. I > heard it when I first bought it but didnt really think too much of it. > Its nothing like the noise of rod knock or the bad lifter in Christines > old engines. Any thoughts? Truck has over 31K miles on it now. And I > just installed a K+N drop in filter heehee > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > Terrible Tom -- AIM & Yahoo Name: SilverEightynine > > "Take me to the river, drop me in the water..." - Talking Heads > > '89 Silver Dakota RC, V6, 4x2 -- '89 Silver Dakota RC, V6, 4x4 > '01 Graphite Ram Offroad Sport, RC, 360 V8, Auto, Short Box! 4x4 > > http://home.earthlink.net/~silvereightynine/ > http://www.twistedbits.net/WWWProfile/dakota/LkxxVw49jp7dU/ >
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