2022 ford mustang gt tick

[young at heart]

It takes two bottles. Supposedly.

Even if it worked it’s not inconceivable that if your engine grenaded it could give Ford an excuse to deny coverage. They aren’t above such a thing and even the dealers know it. Yesterday when I took my 2020 GT in to a dealer shop for an oil change I asked if since the 2021 recco change from 5W20 to 5W30 they were just putting 5W30 in all of them. The manager looked surprised and just said absolutely not; they were using exactly what the car called for and nothing else.

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[Lazaro1294]

Even if it worked it’s not inconceivable that if your engine grenaded it could give Ford an excuse to deny coverage. They aren’t above such a thing and even the dealers know it. Yesterday when I took my 2020 GT in to a dealer shop for an oil change I asked if since the 2021 recco change from 5W20 to 5W30 they were just putting 5W30 in all of them. The manager looked surprised and just said absolutely not; they were using exactly what the car called for and nothing else.

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[Bikeman315]

It takes two bottles. Supposedly.

Absolutely false. Many owners have used as little as a half a bottle for the tick to be significant reduced or totally quieted.

Lazaro, please do not listen to this BS. If you decide to go this route start with a small amount and then add as needed.

 

[Bikeman315]

Even if it worked it’s not inconceivable that if your engine grenaded it could give Ford an excuse to deny coverage. They aren’t above such a thing and even the dealers know it. Yesterday when I took my 2020 GT in to a dealer shop for an oil change I asked if since the 2021 recco change from 5W20 to 5W30 they were just putting 5W30 in all of them. The manager looked surprised and just said absolutely not; they were using exactly what the car called for and nothing else.

This scenario has been mentioned a number of times over the years. To date I do not recall a single issue regarding a warranty refusal due to using Ceratec. Honestly a number of dealers are fully aware of the tick and the Ceratec “cure” Even my little dealer in Conway, SC knew about it.

Can it happen? Sure. But the Coyote is one tough engine so it is highly unlikely.

 

[Lazaro1294]

Absolutely false. Many owners have used as little as a half a bottle for the tick to be significant reduced or totally quieted.

Lazaro, please do not listen to this BS. If you decide to go this route start with a small amount and then add as needed.

Yeah I was thinking about just adding maybe half a bottle too see if that quiet it down if not go with the full bottle

 

[KingKona]

Yeah I was thinking about just adding maybe half a bottle too see if that quiet it down if not go with the full bottle

1. There would be no way for Ford to tell you added Ceratec.
2. Your noise is from the top end, so I doubt it would do anything.
3. Did you amplify/turn up the volume in your video?

 

[skinnyb]

I just use a whole bottle. Ceratec says 1 bottle for 5 liters. My 2018 F150 was so loud I used 2 bottles per oil change on it as Liquimoly recommended and it finally quietened down. It was running 5w20 though. If I changed to 5w30 it might have only needed 1 bottle. I ran that truck 100K miles though with no mechanical problems at all so I wouldn't overall be worried about the noise too much. Louder exhaust and Ceratec was my cure for it LOL. Mustang too.

 

[Lazaro1294]

1. There would be no way for Ford to tell you added Ceratec.
2. Your noise is from the top end, so I doubt it would do anything.
3. Did you amplify/turn up the volume in your video?

Nope I didn’t here’s another video that I recorded yesterday

 

[Hack]

You could always trade for an earlier car. 2015-2017 has port injection only, so you don't have to listen to those high pressure fuel injectors rattle away.

I expect the older engines will last longer as well.

Or just accept it. In stock form it makes great power and I'm sure it will still last a long time. Having a combo of port and direct injection should help keep the intake clean through the years.

 

[Optimum Performance]

It’s just sucks that you pay so much money for a car for it to sound like shit really I don’t know how ford can say that’s a normal sound lol

I don't think people understand how high performance of an engine the 5.0 is. A good full on race engine on gasoline is 1.5-1.6 ft/lbs per cubic inch. The Coyote production engine that has a warranty, meets all emission standards, mpg numbers makes 1.39 ft/lbs per cubic inch. Keep in mind these numbers are at SAE specs with exhaust and accessories. So a Coyote on an engine dyno set up as a race engine would be much higher.

The BMEP is 14.5 which is very high for N/A engine, well over 100% efficient.

Mechanical things make noise, you have a race level engine in a street car. If you want quiet, BEV's are available.

 

[Lazaro1294]

I don't think people understand how high performance of an engine the 5.0 is. A good full on race engine on gasoline is 1.5-1.6 ft/lbs per cubic inch. The Coyote production engine that has a warranty, meets all emission standards, mpg numbers makes 1.39 ft/lbs per cubic inch. Keep in mind these numbers are at SAE specs with exhaust and accessories. So a Coyote on an engine dyno set up as a race engine would be much higher.

The BMEP is 14.5 which is very high for N/A engine, well over 100% efficient.

Mechanical things make noise, you have a race level engine in a street car. If you want quiet, BEV's are available.

100% agree with you

 

[Optimum Performance]

A good example of power ratings is the 7.3 Godzilla engine. Rated for 430HP, Wolfe dynoed one with headers and an electric water pump and it made something like 520HP.

 

[Rapid Red]

Interestingly, I used to LOVE the sound of old solid lifter cars happily clacking away. I guess it said to the world, hey I’m bad-ass. Good lord the sound of a Duntov 30-30 idling over a set of solids was a study in automotive aural bliss!

RR is correct about the complexity and the aluminum block. Now if it gets to sounding like a little end bearing crying for help that’s a whole nuther story…

For sure, Duntov 30-30

 

[Balr14]

All of the recent high-performance cars I have owned had engines that were noisy as hell. Porsche is probably the worst. I miss the sound of a 60s big block.

 

[TnWHTMARE]

That first video is your high pressure fuel pump. Both of my 5.0's have done it and they do/did it randomly.

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