kibblor

Ok, I have a 2000 mustang GT 4.6L V8, recently I got this ticking or clanking nouse that sounds like its coming from the left side of the engine (If your sitting in the drivers seat), Now it is worse when its cold but if you accellerate very slowly you cannot hear it, the more you press the gas the louder it gets. Any Suggestions? Help please.

bhhacker

mine has a tick under heavy acceleration too. It might be normal as my engine only has 18k miles on it and its a new full exhaust.

Perf_white_GT

check your chains guides... etc


or it could be rod knock...

kibblor

i cant find anything wrong i checked the chains and belts...but since the ticking noise doesnt speed up at higher rpm but rather goes away im told its probably my exhaust

kibblor

cant really be rod knock.....i put it in 5th gear and just feather the gast at 1.5k rpm and i hear it just as much as if in a lower gear at higher rpm

CaptianMorgan65

i had a ticking/rattle at about 2500rpm i checked everything, lifters, intake and eveything else, some people say their flywheel hits the metal gasket to the bell housing causeing a ticking or rattleing sound, mine got worse over time and eventually ticked really loud at idel, it was a rod. and i am in the middle of a motor swap right now, good luck maybe it's something simple.

jtfrog

I have a slight ticking noise comming from the flywheel area.

CaptianMorgan65

Supposedly the ticking noise from the flywheel is supposed to be the metal gasket that goes between the bell housing and the block, it will vibrate and cause a resonant frequency and rattle against the block, also there were some instance where some guy’s flywheel was hitting the same gasket and it had to be trimmed. There is a thread somewhere on this forum about that subject but it's been awhile ill see if I can find it.

CaptianMorgan65

here is that link, this is for the new body style but i think there might be one for the 99-04 model

https://mustangforums.com/forum/2005...-9-7-07-a.html