bschoon55
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Hey Everyone,
I have a 2018 Mustang GT PP1 with the MT82. I bought the car used with 7,000 miles on it............ now it has 11,000 miles on it... It's been on the road for 2 1/2 years. It exhibits every noise that we don't like......... I have the BBQ Tick/Typewriter Tick, I have the 2k rattle... I have every noise possible that's been an issue. The car really only sounds great on throttle past 2k RPMS... after that she sounds great and pulls HARD. On a cold start, the car doesn't sound too bad and the tick isn't bad until the engine actually gets some heat in it. The car sounds TERRIBLE on a warm start. Yesterday I drove it for about 100 miles and returned home. I had to drive the car a couple hours later and started it with the motor still being a bit warm and WOW..... it was ticking like wild in the garage, which obviously amplifies the sound.
So here's the big 3 issues I personally have:
1. On a warm start, the tick is MASSIVE... it sounds really bad. I'll try and get a video of it the next time the opportunity presents itself.
2. Any light throttle starting around 1,200 RPMS or so... I get this tapping/knocking sound whether the engine is hot or cold, it's always present.
3. Then, I have the 2k rattle all the time..,.. hot or cold engine, it's always around.
I had the car serviced and the oil changed at 10k by a local Ford dealer.... before this, I still had all of these symptoms.... but after the oil change everything is much more pronounced. It looks like they used Motorcraft 5W-20 and I have no idea what the car had in it before then because I bought it used. The car only sounds great after you get into 3k RPMS or more.... There's so much info. all over the place and everyone seems to have their own variation of all the sounds. I know there's a million TSBs out there.
I love the car, it just always sounds broken to some extent unless you're actually on throttle. I see a lot of people that go to the dealer's are either told it's normal... or if they actually change something... like part of the block... the noise comes back again eventually. I've also read where some people have had complete motor swaps only to have the same fate later down the road.
If you were in my shoes, what would you do? Take it to the dealer to start a paper trail..... or just deal with it as is? They're probably going to say it's normal and point to the TSBs.... Some people seem to have a variation or no symptoms at all.... I have ALL of them.
Thanks for any help and advice you guys!
I have a 2018 Mustang GT PP1 with the MT82. I bought the car used with 7,000 miles on it............ now it has 11,000 miles on it... It's been on the road for 2 1/2 years. It exhibits every noise that we don't like......... I have the BBQ Tick/Typewriter Tick, I have the 2k rattle... I have every noise possible that's been an issue. The car really only sounds great on throttle past 2k RPMS... after that she sounds great and pulls HARD. On a cold start, the car doesn't sound too bad and the tick isn't bad until the engine actually gets some heat in it. The car sounds TERRIBLE on a warm start. Yesterday I drove it for about 100 miles and returned home. I had to drive the car a couple hours later and started it with the motor still being a bit warm and WOW..... it was ticking like wild in the garage, which obviously amplifies the sound.
So here's the big 3 issues I personally have:
1. On a warm start, the tick is MASSIVE... it sounds really bad. I'll try and get a video of it the next time the opportunity presents itself.
2. Any light throttle starting around 1,200 RPMS or so... I get this tapping/knocking sound whether the engine is hot or cold, it's always present.
3. Then, I have the 2k rattle all the time..,.. hot or cold engine, it's always around.
I had the car serviced and the oil changed at 10k by a local Ford dealer.... before this, I still had all of these symptoms.... but after the oil change everything is much more pronounced. It looks like they used Motorcraft 5W-20 and I have no idea what the car had in it before then because I bought it used. The car only sounds great after you get into 3k RPMS or more.... There's so much info. all over the place and everyone seems to have their own variation of all the sounds. I know there's a million TSBs out there.
I love the car, it just always sounds broken to some extent unless you're actually on throttle. I see a lot of people that go to the dealer's are either told it's normal... or if they actually change something... like part of the block... the noise comes back again eventually. I've also read where some people have had complete motor swaps only to have the same fate later down the road.
If you were in my shoes, what would you do? Take it to the dealer to start a paper trail..... or just deal with it as is? They're probably going to say it's normal and point to the TSBs.... Some people seem to have a variation or no symptoms at all.... I have ALL of them.
Thanks for any help and advice you guys!
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