ticking...but only when not abused
11-20-2006, 05:57 PM
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ticking...but only when not abused if i start it cold let it idle for 5 minutes then drive it easy/like a normal driver it will tick constantly. but i can only hear it from under the car. no tick is heard with the hood popped.
but if i start it cold let it idle for 5 minutes, drive it till it warms up then bring it to redline just once the ticking goes away! whats happening?
but if i start it cold let it idle for 5 minutes, drive it till it warms up then bring it to redline just once the ticking goes away! whats happening?
11-20-2006, 06:51 PM
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Could be a lifter. Had a friend whos mustang did the same thing. To the point where we could beat on it, the noise would go away, few sets of lights of normal driving, noise would return, beat on it again and noise went away again. Started like your though and gradually worsened
11-20-2006, 08:36 PM
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I just had my oil analyzed and the person who does told me that carbon will cause this and that I am driving the car too easy. He wants me to run a higher RPM (5th on highway instead of 6th) and do some WOT sprints to see if the noise dissipates. Mine starts about 30 seconds after cold start and goes away after a few minutes though.
11-20-2006, 08:53 PM
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Originally Posted by vettenuts
I just had my oil analyzed and the person who does told me that carbon will cause this and that I am driving the car too easy. He wants me to run a higher RPM (5th on highway instead of 6th) and do some WOT sprints to see if the noise dissipates. Mine starts about 30 seconds after cold start and goes away after a few minutes though.
11-21-2006, 12:40 AM
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mine doesnt sound like an exhaust leak. im thinkn its lifter tick. but right after i beat on it the engine is soooo quiet, so i want to know whats happening!
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11-21-2006, 02:51 AM
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Could be this? It states from GM it self, that the O-ring on the oil pump might be letting in a small amount of air causing the ticking noise. Apparently its very common on 01-02 LS1
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11-21-2006, 11:51 AM
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Originally Posted by vettenuts
Its not piston slap, have that in the Grand Am, the Vette is a different sound.
11-21-2006, 05:02 PM
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Originally Posted by GuitsBoy
I wouldnt be so quick to dismiss it. Pistons slap sounds different in different engines. I have slap pretty bad and just like you say, it does not start for the first 30 seconds or so, then gets pretty bad for the first 3 or so minutes before it starts to fade. Ive replaced the entire top end, heads, cam, pushrods, even lifters twice. I run a catch can now, and used to run breathers. My plugs are clean, I dont have carbon build up. My piston tops are brown but not black when i take off my heads. Im fairly certain its in the lower end. Mine's definately slap.
11-21-2006, 05:49 PM
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Originally Posted by BLKWS.6
Sounds just like mine. Nothing to worry about, never found a HAIR of metal on my drain plug and she pulls like a raped ape. Live with it.
11-22-2006, 01:06 AM
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Originally Posted by GuitsBoy
I tear my engine down for other reasons... I wasnt trying to get rid of my slap
I like the slap, its like the motors so pumped to go that some little metal man inside it somewhere is pullin his pud.
