I appreciate all the help I have received on this forum in the past.. Thanks in advance to all who reply.
Need advice.. I have a 04/04 6.0 F-350 that I’ve had since last November. It is an 04 motor.. Has 9300 miles on it and I hadn’t noticed anything wrong (I think) until I just drove a 04 F250 Harley with a 6.0 (5000 miles on it) that sounds a lot better than my 6.0. My engine seems to have and extra “tick tick tick tick” (sounds like an bunch of crickets) coming from it that I can even slightly hear in the cab under the dash while I’m driving. It’s been doing this for several thousand miles now. I thought it was normal. Standing outside it seems pretty loud compared to the 04 Harley 60 with 5k miles. The 2 sound the same except mine has an extra tick?? If I didn’t know better I would say it needed valves adjusted.

Any ideas or similar problems?

 

Mine has a simular sound almost like bad spark plug wires arching to ground or chevy lifters.

 

Does using a fuel conditioner like Power Service from Wally world or Stanadyne help alleviate it ?

 

My 04 does the same and has since new--I just atributed it to normal diesel noise although in a gasser one would say the valves needed adjusted. I've run the silver PS and it makes no difference in mine.

 

Whats the build date on your trucks with this ticking sound? Do you know if you have pilot injection?

 

10/23/03 motor build date--July 04 flash--no pilot injection (I only wish )

 

Well, I myself can distinguish different sounds from a 03 and 04 Engine. Anyone else notice this different noise???