Mine didn't have a tick either. My tick reared it's ugly head around 800 miles. I listened to 4 of them one day on the lot. 2 had the tick, 2 didn't. My guess, is 'most' don't have the tick right away, but an awful lot do develop it over time.
I would like to. However, after adding Ceratec and an AC belt tensioner, the tick is gone. It might be a bit difficult to convince them to do it under warranty. The fact that I found almost nothing in the filter, then strained all 10qts of oil and still nothing, makes it a hard sell. And now, with 1 bottle of Ceratec, it's quiet as a mouse. Unless it comes back after the next oil change, I think I'm going to just roll with it.
LOL. That's a typical dealer answer. Nothing wrong with these. Come get them before they are gone! selling like hotcakes! He is not going to say anything bad about his product. he wants to sell you a car. A dealer is the last person to ask for an honest answer.
I had them start them lol and none had the tick. Now who knows when and if they will develop one later.
Did you wait about 5 minutes until they all fully warmed up? I noticed it seems the tick never really seems to start until after the oil and block are almost fully warm.
No they ran for a couple minutes. However the one I test drove idled for more than 5min then I drove it and it didn't have the tick or rattle
May not be the norm but mine doesn't discriminate between temps...it can be below freezing outside on a cold start and tick like crazy or it can be 85 and up to normal temp and tick.. Sometimes its flippun loud and sometimes it doesn't do it at all.
I forwarded a question similar to what you asked to Blackstone and this was their response: (I think I will add this to my initial post)
