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Alright alright, yeah, another ticking thread haha. I'm getting a fairly decent ticking from the passenger side. At idle it's a steady tick tick tick, when I give it some gas it sounds like it goes away. I don't think it's an exhaust leak since I tightened all the clamps on the exhaust last weekend and it doesn't look like theres black soot coming from around the headers. My guess is maybe a bad lifter? What do you guys think? Need video?

*Edit: It actually does tick faster as I rev it up more. I would say piston slap but it seems too loud..maybe spark plug or plug wire?
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Yeah, a video would help. But just from the sound of it, my guess would be a lifter
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Alright, video is right here. Not the best since its a little loud under there haha, but you can hear the ticking. Edit that it just kinda ticks faster as I rev it up a little

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Man, it's really hard to tell from the video, but that sounds like a bottom end problem. Which wouldn't be a lifter. But again, it's really hard to tell.
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That sure sounds like an exhaust leak, but it's hard to tell from the video.....
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Yeah..Ill try and get a better one soon. Could it be a leak from the header and the noise is just transferring down?
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kinda hard to tell but has your oil pressure changed recently or have you switched oils recently?
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Originally Posted by 180ls1
kinda hard to tell but has your oil pressure changed recently or have you switched oils recently?
Seems like it might be running a little lower lately, I changed to 10w-30 last time I changed my oil a few thousand miles ago

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sounds like exhaust leak to me
I'll have to go check, coulda sworn I didn't have any!
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Update: Low Oil light came on this morning so I put about 1/2 quart in and the tick got a little quieter..lifter going bad? or just low oil level?
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