Ticking sound....
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Ticking sound.... Ok, my wife's '01 T/A had the infamous exhaust tick. I looked everywhere and couldn't find it so I gave up.
The other day I got around to installing her headers and the #7 plug came out by hand.
I went ahead and installed the headers with new gaskets and changed the plugs. Fired the car up, yep... STILL TICKS! I'm guessing the seat for the plug is bad? How to fix that?!?
The other day I got around to installing her headers and the #7 plug came out by hand.
I went ahead and installed the headers with new gaskets and changed the plugs. Fired the car up, yep... STILL TICKS! I'm guessing the seat for the plug is bad? How to fix that?!?
Mine's been doing it for 18,000, even with new lifters, which I installed SPECIFICALLY to try and get rid of it. The last 7000 has had an F14 cam. I've replaced plugs, wires, tightened exaust bolts, new exhaust gaskets, tightened band clamps, etc. I still can't find it.
It seems like it will go away, untill I rhomp it, then it comes back with a vengance. Diddn't you know this site used to be called LS1tick.com?
It seems like it will go away, untill I rhomp it, then it comes back with a vengance. Diddn't you know this site used to be called LS1tick.com?
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Originally Posted by gillbot
Ok, my wife's '01 T/A had the infamous exhaust tick. I looked everywhere and couldn't find it so I gave up.
The other day I got around to installing her headers and the #7 plug came out by hand.
I went ahead and installed the headers with new gaskets and changed the plugs. Fired the car up, yep... STILL TICKS! I'm guessing the seat for the plug is bad? How to fix that?!?
The other day I got around to installing her headers and the #7 plug came out by hand.
I went ahead and installed the headers with new gaskets and changed the plugs. Fired the car up, yep... STILL TICKS! I'm guessing the seat for the plug is bad? How to fix that?!?
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Originally Posted by ShevrolayZ28
...did the new #7 plugs torque down ok?
I plan on pulling it out and checking/cleaning it the best I can. I'm hoping that's the issue.
nope I think the ticking we are all hearing is the valvetrain! headers make you hear it more. ls1 essentially have a high lift cam stock. Like everyone else says I noticed the tick once I put on headers, and no its not an exhaust leak because we have checked with vaccum tubing
yeah not piston slap by any means a lite ticking noise for all of us who listen too much, and yes I agree its mainly due to the headers, those of you who no longer here this noise have probably gone with different size pushrods...it seems to help alot especially with cams instead of 7.4 it's 7.45 or something along those line
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It ticked before the headers and mine doesn't tick like this at all. Both have MAC headers, hers has a 224/222 113lsa cam and mine has the tr230 cam. Hers ticks ALOT.
Originally Posted by gillbot
Yeah, it seemed to torque down ok but I'm not so sure the seat isn't messed up from the previous plug or at least unever due to carbon buildup around it.
I plan on pulling it out and checking/cleaning it the best I can. I'm hoping that's the issue.
I plan on pulling it out and checking/cleaning it the best I can. I'm hoping that's the issue.
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Originally Posted by BuBbABFP
i heard it can be a pushrod aswell...
Originally Posted by ShevrolayZ28
It will leak compression and make a ticking sound if it's not torqued down enough to crush the washer.
I dont think that this is your problem but it sounds promising...I would take a vaccum and some cleaner and clean the hole and vaccum it just to make sure nothing got up in the plug hole. Seems odd though