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loud ticking noise


Daves99

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Sep 8, 2010
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Vehicle Year
1999
Transmission
Automatic
1999 ford ranger xlt 4.0 v6 ..Iwas coming home from work and in the right hand lane behind some one going to slow ..so i got in the left hand lane to pass and gassed it..had a sputer then a loud ticking noise and the ticking hasn't stopped sounds like its coming from the top of the motor on the drivers side.. front of motor... no check engine light on ..steady loud ticking at idle or going..any ideas..Dave
 
I suspect lifter. My 94 started with slight tick that progressively got louder over a few hundred miles. I pulled each spark plug wire and it would quit when I pull #4 cyl (of course it have a miss). Can't confirm lifter for sure as I haven't torn into that motor yet. It had other issues with massive oil use and just last weekend finished swapping entire engine out with one from a totaled 92 Explorer.
 
I would guess lifter as well. But I would also rule out exhaust leaks. Does the tick sound internal or external? My Explorer had a bad lifter for 100,000 miles, and it ran fine. There was a little reduction in power, and it was annoying as hell to listen to, but still got the same mpg's too. Mine started when my sister owned it before me. She didn't change the oil for 2 years.

BTW, it had 240,000 miles when I sold it and it still ran fine with the lifter issue.
 
does it do it when you shut it off and then stop? but ill go on the lifter also
 

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