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The stock Ford oil filter is good. I still use them.

I just switched to Pennzoil Ultra Platinum 5W-30 and my BBQ tick is completely GONE! 100 miles in so far.

Update on my BBQ tick. Yesterday I dumped the oil with the tsp of carbon in it, (about 300 miles on it). Put in Pennzoil Ultra Platinum 5W-30, so far about 100 miles in on the Pennzoil, NO TICK. This whole thing was driving me crazy, I hope this is my ending on it.. My long tube headers will...

Wow! That sounds like piston slap for sure with the typewriter tick in there also. Good luck with your short block! I would dump that 5W-20 Motorcraft and put in a good 5W-30 synthetic.

Adding a teaspoon of carbon is really nothing in 10 quarts (2.5 gallons). I plan on running it for a 1000 miles, dump and then put Pennzoil Ultra Platinum 5W-30. I will see what happens.

It's super fine pure Carbon. (Look at above post)

Correct, no more tick.

It's a fix for me. I don't want a new engine or short block. My engine runs like a bad mother. They can give me a new one when It blows-up. I was also told you can try different oils & weight, but which one I don't know. Sounds like a lot of time & money to find the one that works for your engine.

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Yes, I could hear it up to 1500 to 1800 RPM. Damage? I doubt any, time will tell. Bore scoped all cylinders all good. No metal in the oil.

My BBQ Tick is solved!! It's 100% CAVITATION! Today I added a tea-spoon of extremely fine carbon powder to 1/2 quart of oil & mix. Drove it 10 miles & my tick is GONE! So, far. Why doesn't all 5.0's have the tick or one is worse than another? My guess, build tolerance stack-up from engine to...

It says "MAY BE". I have never heard of a warranty being voided over additives.

LOL! No shill, just trying to find answers on this damm tick. Hope this carbon test works tomorrow, if not I have something else going on. If it works, I will run it for 1000 miles. Change the oil with Pennzoil ultra platinum 5W 30 and see what happens.

Oil additives do not void warranties. Carbon is not women's make-up. It's used as an ingredient in some make-up, buying it in very fine powder is simple to mix in a small amount of oil.

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This is what I was told by engineering. Maybe yours wasnt the random typewriter nosie, I don't know. I know a few people including myself that have many hard driven miles and many, many passes at the track with the tick and no performance issues to report. I will find out tomorrow if my random...

Ford engineering told me it is NOT metal on metal contact, its typewriter nosie, what people call the BBQ tick. Tiny bubbles in the oil forming and getting hit, producing that metallic tick.

It's a very fine carbon powder. It's cheap to buy and at the right mico size. Used to make make-up. Some engines do it right away, some do not. Mine started at about 100 to 500 miles. I would not use Motorcraft 5W-20 on a high performance engine.

Would like to share my info from Ford powertrain engineering on the BBQ tick (the random metallic tick at bottom end at idle - Typewriter nosie). From my understanding they dont know what exactly causes the issue on the 5.0, with some engines the oil is forming tiny air bubbles and popping like...