Top end tick
11-21-2013, 06:29 PM
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Top end tick
Ever since I bought my truck 7 years ago. The engine has had a noticeable tick. I'm pretty sure it's in the top end. It's never affected anything, it's always started and ran fine. I've never looked at the timing but I had the valves adjusted a while ago with only a little improvement Could it be the timing or could it be worse? Even if it's worse ill probably end up driving it anyways. Lol
11-21-2013, 08:34 PM
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Yes could be to much timming, injector leakingor as bad as a burnt piston. My first non I/c truck was turned up and didn't know it upon pulling my boat it overheated and soon after. Developed a tick stayed the same for a while and finally pulled the head and could not see any problems. So dug in deeper and found #6 piston burnt the rings were literally part of the piston. And from then on every truck stock or not gets a pyro !
11-21-2013, 08:42 PM
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Mine had never been touched until I got it. But it ticked before that. It didn't even have a trailer hitch when I got it so there's a good chance it never really got abused by a big trailer and high rpm. I bought it from the original owner who was about 70 when he bought it new
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11-22-2013, 04:45 PM
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Basically the sounds the tappets, pushrods, rockers and valves make as everything is getting slammed together and opening/closing etc.
The lift pump can tick too as it rides on the cam lobe. My second gen piston pump ticks pretty good at idle usually.
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The lift pump can tick too as it rides on the cam lobe. My second gen piston pump ticks pretty good at idle usually.
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11-24-2013, 11:43 AM
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I realize it's supposed to sound like a tractor but buddies with the same trucks have noticed mine. Theirs don't have that tick
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