ticking when eng starts

mcafferty

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i hear a quicket ticking when i start the car in the morning. does anyone know what this is? is it lifters or something? is it injectors? small noises drive me crazy!!! sometimes if i shut it off and turn it on it will stop. does anyone know what it is? thanks for your help...Mac
 
mcafferty said:
i hear a quicket ticking when i start the car in the morning. does anyone know what this is? is it lifters or something? is it injectors? small noises drive me crazy!!! sometimes if i shut it off and turn it on it will stop. does anyone know what it is? thanks for your help...Mac
Your injectors will make a slight ticking sound (mine do). You also have solid lifters which will wear themselves down over time to lessen the noise. I would take a look at your exhaust manifold. Mine makes this ticking sound and it is the exhaust manifold gaskets.
 
mcafferty said:
is it anything i should worry about?
Since i know what my ticking is coming from, i'm not going to worry about it for awhile. You should know that I am not a mechanic.........though i know some things about cars from working at a dealership for nearly 10 years. I would suggest that you not worry about it too much at this point. If the sound gets worse, then worry about it. But if it is just a ticking, then don't worry about it. You'll drive yourself crazy (like i about did until i realized it was something i could live with)
 
Man after spending some time in africa and seeing the beating that a car can take before it quits or falls apart, everything seems very durable to me, even plastic. if its not constant or loud worry about it some other time.
 

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