Ticking question

[fourwheelford]

Just a question but how noisy are your motors? I have a ticking that I can only hear from under the truck and I can't here it at all from the top end and I have stethoscoped the valve covers and the oil pan and can't really seem to locate the ticking. It has been going on for as long as I have had the truck and this being my first ranger I really don't know what normal motor noises are for the 3.0. I have recently done the timing chain and the syncronizer and the ticking remains, I have never really heard a valve train on a ford that didn't make noise but im pretty sure its not the source of the tick in my case. I have good oil pressure and I use castrol high mileage 10w-30, it has also had a tune up done by me and all the plugs looked good and that was at 99,000 now its at 101,000 and some change and has had the oil changed like 3 times in that period of time also by me. Is it possible for the injectors to resonate all the way through the motor? When I scope them and rev the motor they seem to be at the same speed as the tick I hear when I rev it up. I don't know what to make of it and Im starting to think about selling it before a bearing or something goes out. What do you guys think.

 

[fourwheelford]

Anybody?

 

[Toms01PSD]

I'm at 184k and i've had a "tick" for a long ass time. It's "probably" the common lifter tick.

 

[Toms01PSD]

It could also be an exhaust leak. I just thought of that.

 

[fourwheelford]

I thought lifters also but when I scoped the valve covers I got nothing, I also thought about the exhaust leak but would it be that sharp sounding like a tick? You would think that when I scope the oil pan I would here it but I really don't. I tried to check my coolant level in the radiator but even with the motor bone cold it still squirted me like the system is pressurised, I didn't think that was normal but maybe it is, if its not could that be causing the tick? The temp gauge reads normal and seems to be about the right temp after driving. And my oil is clean enough to cook with.

 

[Toms01PSD]

I have an exhaust leak. I hear a constant tick. I'm not sure that the cooling system would cause a tick. Not sure how that would happen. However, your system shouldn't "squirt" you when it's bone cold. Have you taken the cap off the radiator first thing in the morning without driving and it's done that or not?

 

[fourwheelford]

I havent taken it off in the morning but it has been 100 degrees here for the past week so maybe the fluid expanded from the ambiant heat but not enough to puke it over to the overflow. My system should be good I have no leaks, a new water pump and the temp gauge starts at cold and climbs to operating temp and stays there. I hate this truck with a passion, im gonna fix whats wrong with it and sell it and i will never buy a ford again, by far one of the worst most unreliable vehicles I have ever owned.

 

[Toms01PSD]

I havent taken it off in the morning but it has been 100 degrees here for the past week so maybe the fluid expanded from the ambiant heat but not enough to puke it over to the overflow. My system should be good I have no leaks, a new water pump and the temp gauge starts at cold and climbs to operating temp and stays there. I hate this truck with a passion, im gonna fix whats wrong with it and sell it and i will never buy a ford again, by far one of the worst most unreliable vehicles I have ever owned.

Dude. It's basic maintenace as I stated before. Why do you hate it so much? There is so much good information throughout this forum and in the tech library. No matter what you buy you are going to have to replace parts on it. Hell the 95 S10 I bought with a 383 in it blew the trans cooler line atleast once every month. Had to call my buddy and bring me trans fluid. I too had to replace the water pump on that the first month I had it. There's no such vehicle in this world that you won't have to work on.

EDIT:If you're still not convinced, how much do you want for it?

 

[fourwheelford]

I know maybe im just spoiled by my honda, its 20 years old has a rebuilt title 176,000 miles and all I have had to do is the timing belt, water pump and two small heater hoses. I got that car at 150,000 miles for 1000 bucks and I like driving it more than a nine year old truck. I will probably list it for 6000 bucks, it has brand new tires and wheels, 4 inch suspension lift, tow package, new ball joints, new u-joints, A/C that works, power windows, sliding rear window, new syncro, fuel filter, fresh tune up and oil change, new drivers side wheel bearing, front brakes, both diffs and transfer case have been flushed, tranny fluid and filter changed, new oil pan gasket, new timing belt, new serpentine belt and new tensioner, new water pump, new dash cluster, the body is super straight and clean with one small ding on the tail gate and 101,500 on the clock im probably missing a couple things but its hard to remember everything. This thing should be problem free but crap just keeps cropping up. If this tick turns out to be an exhaust leak I will keep it but if its anything else shes heading down the road. Thanks toms99 for replying I don't mean to sound like such a whiner but its really aggrivating to not have a good running truck after all of this.

 

[Toms01PSD]

Post some more pictures of it. Is it a true suspension lift or what? What size tires? I bet you it's an exhaust leak. Take a video so we can hear it.

 

[fourwheelford]

I have pictures but I have to upload them to photobucket or something, I can take a video of it with the fiance's camera and try to upload it but im not really good with computers so it may take me awhile. It is a suspension lift not just a body lift and the tires are 31x10 50R 15's. I will upload more pictures and the video when I can figure it out.

 

[fourwheelford]

Ok let try these and see if they work

 

[Toms01PSD]

Superlift suspension lift?

 

[fourwheelford]

Not sure, how do you tell?

 

[Toms01PSD]

Take a picture underneath the truck at the front and rear. Then take some where the torsion bars are visible. It may also have a skid plate on the front that says Superlift on it.