So is the tick dead?

[BlackandBlue]

Was just going to get an update on the tick.

Any of you 2020 guys out there have the tick?

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[bluebeastsrt]

The tick will never die. Just like the GT350 will still lose a quart of oil every 3 city blocks. Thank a hand full of angry owners and you tubers.

 

[BlackandBlue]

The tick will never die. Just like the GT350 will still lose a quart of oil every 3 city blocks. Thank a hand full of angry owners and you tubers.

Yeah I get that.

I was just wondering if Ford has fixed it or not.

I don’t figure they have but they revise this all the time.

 

[tcman54]

I will never die !

 

[hipoxia]

Tick? What tick?

 

[Zinc03svt]

All of them once fully broken in (gen3’s) are going to tick and rattle a little bit. It was all the paranoid boobs jumping on the bandwagon who had (very unrealistic) expectations of whisper quiet 12 to 1 comp motors with DI. Mine starting ticking @ 2200 miles and rattle (2k steady throttle) after 5k with 3 oil changes within 9k miles. Do I care? NO! Car trapped over 121 mph in full weight pp1 (4000 plus w/me) on factory tires @ 1500 elevation with crappy prep and very little traction into 3rd gear. Motor is a beast! Done rant...

 

[schmeky]

Many Camaro's have a "tick" as do the Hemi's, just check the respective forums.

Had a Toyota years ago that had horrible valve train noise when cold, it went over 200K with no issues.

 

[BlackandBlue]

All of them once fully broken in (gen3’s) are going to tick and rattle a little bit. It was all the paranoid boobs jumping on the bandwagon who had (very unrealistic) expectations of whisper quiet 12 to 1 comp motors with DI. Mine starting ticking @ 2200 miles and rattle (2k steady throttle) after 5k with 3 oil changes within 9k miles. Do I care? NO! Car trapped over 121 mph in full weight pp1 (4000 plus w/me) on factory tires @ 1500 elevation with crappy prep and very little traction into 3rd gear. Motor is a beast! Done rant...

Kinda expected this thread to go sideways.

I am not saying the tick is anything. My car has it. It runs great.

I am wondering if Ford revised anything to fix it in the 2020 model.

Seemed to have originally caught them off guard in 2018 so ford might have made a few revisions.

 

[Zinc03svt]

Kinda expected this thread to go sideways.

I am not saying the tick is anything. My car has it. It runs great.

I am wondering if Ford revised anything to fix it in the 2020 model.

Seemed to have originally caught them off guard in 2018 so ford might have made a few revisions.

I do not believe there is anything to fix or revise. My point in my post is it obviously has zero impact on durability nor performance. ;).

 

[Kermitz]

I've had 3 cars with DI.
06 WV GTI, 16 Honda Accord 2.4 and 19 Mustang GT.
They all ticked, and that was normal. Both the GTI and Accord ticked from the DI injectors. I believe the ticking in the GT is also the DI injectors. I think it's difficult to find out where it's coming from because they're located under the intake manifold and that masks the origin of the sound.

 

[Zinc03svt]

I've had 3 cars with DI.
06 WV GTI, 16 Honda Accord 2.4 and 19 Mustang GT.
They all ticked, and that was normal. Both the GTI and Accord ticked from the DI injectors. I believe the ticking in the GT is also the DI injectors. I think it's difficult to find out where it's coming from because they're located under the intake manifold and that masks the origin of the sound.

I also had 16 GTI two door manual. Neuspeed +7 with Magic IC, Downpipe on E30 it ran pretty good. Noisy motor.

 

[MaskedRacerX]

I took the injector/engine cover off mine to increase the ticking sound ...

 

[13razorbackfan]

I took the injector/engine cover off mine to increase the ticking sound ...

Made me chuckle

 

[Zrussian13]

Every gen 3 mustang gt has the di tick. You cant have direct injection with out the associated noises. Every di car I've had makes a tick. Some people notice it, some dont... very few people have the typewriter tick. But since those few with the typewriter tick blow it up to be the end of the world, everyone starts listening too close to their engine and mistakes the di tick for the typewriter tick.

 

[bluebeastsrt]

I took the injector/engine cover off mine to increase the ticking sound ...

Smart. I’d tell people it was the vtec kickin in.

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