I bought this 1993 f150 300 i6 4.9l, it was in rough shape, needed new tires, balancer wore through the timing cover, needed a u joint. I replaced the u joint, put a new harmonic balancer, went to find a timing cover at a junkyard, cleaned it up real good and put that on. No more oil leak, no more jolt when you change gears, my neighbor helped me do everything. He said I need an oil change due to the lifters making some noise, it's like a ticking when idling, would changing the oil be a fix for it or would I have tor replace the lifters on it?

 

Do am oil change with 10w30. Maybe put some seafoam in the oil and run it for while. If that doesn't work you many meed to open up the engine

 

a bottle of risoline will shut that damn thing up

 

That noise can also be caused by a fuel injector.

 

leaking manifold will also tick and is very common due to the i believe how long the manifold is