Did you check your mani yet for the back to studs broken? and have some one start your truck with you under it. have em start it and you will be able the hear the mani leak aswell upon start

 

I can check that out.

 

I think mines doing the same thing- which means..................header time! I can smell a pretty rich whiff o' exhaust on my passenger side when it fires up.

 

Taking my truck into a different mechanic on tuesday. I hope its just a plug or a manifold bolt or something easy and cheap to fix. My money is going into suspension and I dont want to put that on hold for something dumb like this.

 

ugh what a bummer. I took the truck to 2 mechanics. Both of them had exhaust guys come and look at the truck to see if there was an exhaust leak. Manifolds are good, no cracks or broken bolts. All piping is good with no leaks. All sparks plugs are good. Both mechanics said its a lifter. The ticking noise is soooo terrible. It can be heard in the truck 100% of the time. Its really bad at 2000 RPMS. He put some fluid in as a lubrication which sometimes works to help quiet the ticking noise. But nothing. Its terrible. It honestly makes me not want to drive my truck. Im not paying a grand to have them take off the top part of the motor to replace/see the lifter. Any suggestions? Im super ****ing bummed right now.

 

Well not to bring you down more but I'd pay the grand to have that motor run right...how many miles on that motor? I'd think it would be worth it if you plan on keeping the truck awhile

 

73000 on the motor. Im thinking about just driving it for a while and see what happens. If it stays the same or gets worse, ill probably just sell it and get the 03 HD that ive always dreamt about.

 

just put a built L motor in it!

 

Im trying NOT to put money into this truck, besides suspension. These trucks have 16 lifters? I may be able to replace them with a buddy who has a lot of experience in motors.
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Actually they dont have "lifters" they have cam followers and they rarely fail. Any of these "mechanics" Ford techs? over head cam engines are a different deal you got a noise a chevy mechanics calls lifter noise and 9 times out of 10 that aint even close. I'd pull off the valve cover and see whats going on. In these engines its all right there..

 

no none of them are FORD techs. Maybe ill bring it to Ford and have them look at it. I honestly dont have the experience to start pulling things off the motor.

 

If i were you i would just bite the bullet and get it fixed right. Not many people is going to buy a vehicle with lifter noise, and if they do they arent going to pay much for the vehicle... Id just hold off the suspension and get the truck running right again... Good luck

 

Take it to ford... That way there should be no second guessing.

 

My gas mileage is in the dumps right now. I would be surprised if Im getting 10 mpgs. Im just so convinced its a leak somewhere. Power doesnt feel where it should be, and the truck takes an usual amount of time to shift into 4th. Both of these mechanics said the plugs are good, manifold is good with no cracks or bolts missing. But idk. I dont wanna pay Ford a few hundred dollars for a diagnostic. Im not mechanically skilled enough to start taking off parts of the motor and I dont know what to look for. The ticking has definitely gotten louder.

 

Hope you get it figured out Matt