Ticking in brand new car

[astolt12]

You can hear bbq tick with no cats? I would think it would be more noticeable while standing near the car if that were the case

Yepp...trust me, I had the tick and went through all these steps prepared for ford to throw nonsense at me.

Since I had a ford racing cat back they said my tick was coming from the exhaust...lol. The exhaust designed by their company. So I had it removed and showed them the tick still existed.

Dropping the exhaust will only prove if it is the exhaust. If it's still there it's mechanical most likely the engine.

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[StrongFord]

Does the air conditioning on/off affect the noise?

 

[astolt12]

Does the air conditioning on/off affect the noise?

+1 on that. See my entire thread here on the issue i had. It would occur during warm starts and compound when the AC was engaged.

http://www.mustang6g.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24612

Its not fun, and I hope your car doesnt have this issue. If so, let me know. I've walked that long road already.

 

[randotheking]

Does the air conditioning on/off affect the noise?

Nope, taking it in now. Will find out soon

 

[keltymd]

please keep us updated. I have a tick/knock that sounds the same and I hear it way louder when I jack up the car and put an ear to the oil pan

 

[randotheking]

Just got it back, they told me it's normal and they verified it with a couple of other GTs on the lot. We went and listened to them and sure enough they all had the tick, it's just a 5.0 characteristic.

With that said, I still hate the sound. So you guys think i should remove the cats? What's a quiet option? I wouldn't mind something loud if I got on it, but I don't want drone and I don't want to wake the neighbors in the morning.

 

[VinnAY]

Sounds like what we used to call lifter noise.

 

[Catax]

Sorry to bring up this old thread. But I'm currently researching the same issue here as well. I just did my second oil change, 2016 GT PP, the car's at around 15000 miles right now, and I have a Corsa Extreme.

I've always had this tick ever since I had my car new. When I'm driving by a center divider with my windows down I can hear this tick that goes along with the RPM of my car. After the second oil change it kinda got louder, I think.

The problem now is, if I'm at a stop and accelerating I can hear the tick pretty loudly. No ticking at idle, so I don't think it's the BBQ tick. I also can't hear it unless the noise is being bounced back in a tighter space.

Anyone else experience hearing ticking noises when accelerating from a stop?

 

[keltymd]

Have it checked for piston slap. They found cyl 4 pitted on mine and wear from slap on cyl 2

 

[Catax]

Have it checked for piston slap. They found cyl 4 pitted on mine and wear from slap on cyl 2

Thanks, I will try to ask them to check for that. Usually they will just turn me away and say it's normal.

 

[keltymd]

You will have to fight. To fully check piston slap the engine has to come out and be torn down

 

[Catax]

You will have to fight. To fully check piston slap the engine has to come out and be torn down

That doesn't sound good. The problem is it's tricky to replicate this tick. I'd have to be next to a wall and the clutch must be engaged when throttling. Revving in neutral doesn't produce the sound.

I'll bring it in on a weekday and try and have a mechanic at the dealer look at it.

 

[Braski]

Definitely not good. My car is quiet, my 2004 f-150 however ticks like a bitch, even my new jasper engine sounds just as bad as the one it replaced. Hopefully it doesn't go boom like the original one did.

 

[randotheking]

If it does blow I hope it happens within 25,000 miles lol. I'll be draining the factory oil and putting in Mobil1 5w-20 full synthetic in a few hundred miles. Hoping that will help

 

[keltymd]

well I lemon lawed mine. They replaced the shortblock but it has been back twice since then to have them fix crap they screwed up replacing the shortblock

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