View Poll Results: multiple choice.. Tick tick tick? What do you think VOTE
it's normal.. You are now the proud owner of a timex
3
23.08%
a ticking engine? whats normal about that?
1
7.69%
my 2011..2012 ticks too
4
30.77%
My 2011.. 2012 has never ticked
7
53.85%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 13. You may not vote on this poll
Is the tick normal or is that BS
07-15-2011, 05:32 PM
#3
4th Gear Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Illinois
Posts: 1,846
If I have the same tick you're talking about, then it isn't the ticking that happens after you turn it off coming from the exhaust cooling. I've only noticed mine at idle since it's fairly quiet, mostly when I'm out of the car, you can hear it coming from under the car in my case, usually pretty regular and hardly audible for me unless you're in a place where the sound can echo back like the garage.
07-16-2011, 03:16 AM
#5
Well let me explain... After my car gets warm.. While it is idling,my car ticks.. It is worse when the a/c is running.. I am guessing the little load makes it worse..?
I took it to the dealer cause of a no start issue where they just re flashed the ecm or whatever they call it now( there was a TSB for the issue)... Mentioned this tick to them.. They looked at it.. Suppose to be a characteristic of the engine.. That's what I am told buy the dealers foreman... He said it was cause of all the chains and moving cams..
I have my own theory.. Once the oil gets hot.. It isn't lubricating a part of the rotating assy on these heads correctly on some engines.. IDK I didn't design the thing... Sounds like a bear metal tick...
Till a TSB or Ford recognizes it a problem.. There is no fix.. They are deeming it the engine.. Mechanics now working on flag time don't troubleshoot.. They are unsure what is making the tick, but willing to speculate . BTW I know what a injector sounds like.. It is not that..
Here is a Video.. Mine sounds like this... Morse code is what I call it.. It's not perfectly rhythmic...http://youtu.be/jB-F409uegg
I took it to the dealer cause of a no start issue where they just re flashed the ecm or whatever they call it now( there was a TSB for the issue)... Mentioned this tick to them.. They looked at it.. Suppose to be a characteristic of the engine.. That's what I am told buy the dealers foreman... He said it was cause of all the chains and moving cams..
I have my own theory.. Once the oil gets hot.. It isn't lubricating a part of the rotating assy on these heads correctly on some engines.. IDK I didn't design the thing... Sounds like a bear metal tick...
Till a TSB or Ford recognizes it a problem.. There is no fix.. They are deeming it the engine.. Mechanics now working on flag time don't troubleshoot.. They are unsure what is making the tick, but willing to speculate . BTW I know what a injector sounds like.. It is not that..
Here is a Video.. Mine sounds like this... Morse code is what I call it.. It's not perfectly rhythmic...http://youtu.be/jB-F409uegg
Last edited by Sleeper5.0; 07-16-2011 at 03:25 AM.
07-16-2011, 03:21 AM
#6
If I have the same tick you're talking about, then it isn't the ticking that happens after you turn it off coming from the exhaust cooling. I've only noticed mine at idle since it's fairly quiet, mostly when I'm out of the car, you can hear it coming from under the car in my case, usually pretty regular and hardly audible for me unless you're in a place where the sound can echo back like the garage.
07-16-2011, 06:44 AM
#7
The Paranoid One
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Texas
Posts: 5,320
Did you say there WAS a TSB on this?
If so and you have the symptoms the NO it is not normal.
In that case take it to another dealership that gives a flip about it's customers.
Get them to perform the service procedure that the TSB says to do.
Dont fall for them brushing you off man. DONT do it.
And if you could post me a link for the TSB. I'd like to read it.
If so and you have the symptoms the NO it is not normal.
In that case take it to another dealership that gives a flip about it's customers.
Get them to perform the service procedure that the TSB says to do.
Dont fall for them brushing you off man. DONT do it.
And if you could post me a link for the TSB. I'd like to read it.
07-16-2011, 09:59 AM
#9
Mish-ogynist
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Helena, MT
Posts: 3,780
well i didn't see a vid in your original post so i voted saying that was normal. after hearing that vid that isn't like the ticking I have at all.. we have big injectors, big injectors tick. but I don't think that is what mine sound like.. I'll have to go take a listen sometime today.
also.. bear metal?
also.. bear metal?
07-16-2011, 10:54 AM
#10
There is a TSB for ticking lifters in the V6. It was an oiling issue to the cam followers. It affected only cars with engines assembled during a short span of time in 2010. The fix was for the dealer to put the cams and use a tool provided by Ford to machine an oil groove in the cam bearing blocks on the assembled engine. (or something like that).
I haven't heard of any such issue with the 5.0, but anything is possible.
Is it normal? Could be. Engines make funny noises. Some we hear, some we don't. You have a 5 yr, 50K mile warranty. Stop stressing over it. Document your report with the dealer and keep an eye out for a TSB. Now go have fun.
I haven't heard of any such issue with the 5.0, but anything is possible.
Is it normal? Could be. Engines make funny noises. Some we hear, some we don't. You have a 5 yr, 50K mile warranty. Stop stressing over it. Document your report with the dealer and keep an eye out for a TSB. Now go have fun.
