jdavis

When i got my car i took it to the ford dealer about this "ticking" noise they said it was normal it was the injectors? anybody know bout this noise.

99mustang0

well what year ect. is your car? I took my mach in and they said the exact same thing, turned out to be a bad head. If its pretty loud i would keep takin it in.

jdavis

02 gt

ackuric

i dont think the year matters unless its like a 69, cause then it wouldnt have fuel injectors, but hey, w/e.

The fuel injectors do make a ticking noise, fyi. You sure its not them?

kenv

Depends on what is " Ticking ". Could be:

A. Injector noise

B. Valve train noise

C. A loose spark plug

D. An exhaust leak

As far as the dealer saying that the noise is " Normal " I found that sometimes they try to bs. you. I once bought a town car with the 5.0 engine. While under the used car warranty, it started to rattle, like a rod knock when I started it in the morning. I took it into the dealer, & the service manager told me that it was normal for the car to sound like that because the factory built the engines " loose " that year. I told him that I was born at night, but not last night. I got a rebuilt engine.

jdavis

may be ill have to see if its comin from one side or the other if not i guess its just the injectors

99mustang0

Some engines in some years have known problems. For example my 03 mach 1, i knew that there were some problems with those heads which is the ONLY reason i kept going back to the dealer. If i wouldnt have known i dont think i would have got it fixed under warranty.

96 myztic

the 03/04 cobras were plagued with a "head tick" however i dont know of any other years/model having the same problems. However i wouldnt rely on the dealership to be on the complete up and up so id take it to another mechanic to make sure its indeed what they say it is.

svt99redcobra

99/01 cobras as well