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Old 08-24-2010, 01:46 PM
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TICKING NOISE
My 2008 F-150 w/ 5.4 makes a ticking noise on the right side when it is started up cold. Sounds like an exhaust leak but goes away after warm up. Could it be a cracked exhaust manifold? Is this common?
 
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look for a black soot around the manifold to head surface area.been seeing them blow the rear or front out.
 
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VCT cam phasers?
 
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a 5.4 seems to always sound like it is about to fall apart, wish ford would fix this.
 
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a 5.4 seems to always sound like it is about to fall apart, wish ford would fix this.
OHC motors almost always make more noise than OHVs especially if you have chain driven cams.
 
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