RE: Ticking

From: The Man From Utopia (tmfu@home.com)
Date: Sun Dec 26 1999 - 10:50:12 EST


> When ever my truck is idling, like when i put it in park, i
> start to hear a
> tick tick tick tick tick comming from beneath the hood. It
> happens if the
> engines hot like after i come back from the store to return
> home and grab
> something and leave again, when i jump out of the truck with it still
> running, i hear it. Any clue on what it is? Thanks
> Dan 97' 318 auto cc

Either valve tap or the injectors firing. Most likely the injectors.
Nothing wrong woth the injectors, they just are noisy...Here's a question...
Is the sound a constant pitch or does it vary, also does it vary with engine
speed?

Greg
95 DSCC v6 5spd
Rahway NJ



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