Re: '98 Dakota 5.2L with a ticking noise

From: KARL MOLTZAN (kmoltzan@mymail.net)
Date: Sat Mar 28 1998 - 20:12:27 EST

On Sat, 28 Mar 1998 17:22:48 -0500 Michael & Jeannine
Reynolds <jeanninemike@fuse.net> wrote:

>Thanks everyone for your responses to my previous post.
One thing that I
>notice about my '98 5.2L (318c.i.) engine is that from
idle to about 1500
>rpm I can hear a slight "ticking" noise. When I am inside
the cab with the
>windows up I cannot hear it at
>all. is this sound normal for the 5.2L? Is it a lifter,
or the fuel
>injectors firing?

Fuel injector noise.

 My mileage is 395, will this tend to abate when the
>engine breaks in? BTW: I plan to change the oil at 500
miles. Should I
>use conventional oil until the motor
>breaks in, or is it O.K. to go to synthetic right away?

If you run it hard for the first 500 miles the engine will
be broken in. The engine will also rev faster and higher.

 Thanks in advance
>for your replies!
>
>Michael Reynolds
>'98 Dakota Sport 4X4 CC, 5.2L V8, auto.
>
 
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