Robert Lee Cobb Jr. wrote:
>
> Lately I've been hearing a light "ticking" sound coming out of the
> engine bay and when I was home from college this last weekend my dad
> and I got under the hood of the truck to find out what was wrong.
> First we thought it could have been a collapsed lifter, but we
> checked the rocker arms on both sides and everything was tight. So,
> we got out something to put down against the engine to better locate
> the sound (used a long screwdriver) and from what we can tell the
> "ticking" is coming from or around the area of the #7 injector. It's
> kinda loud and can be heard from inside the cab when the radio isn't
> on. It doesn't get any louder when you rev the motor (so we kinda
> doubt it would be the lifters). It happens in sequence with the
> pulse of the #7 injector, though. Is the injector going bad? When
> we disconnected the power from the #7 injector it kept on ticking,
> though. We even unplugged #5 just in case it was coming from that
> one and it still didn't stop it. I've thrown some injector cleaner
> in the tank, but after my 200 mile trip back to school a little while
> ago it's still ticking. Does anybody have any idea what's going on?
> Maybe it's a time bomb or something. . . Hey Jules, do you have any
> idea what might be going on with the thing?
>
> - Rob Cobb 93 V8 LE 2wd swb.
Rob I get a ticking sound on my 92, its sparking in the distributer cap
put your screw driver up to the cap to see. I put an aftermarket coil
and I get a buzz from mine now. If thats your problem and you find how
to fix it get back. Dan
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