Need help identifying knock/rattle
other info:
Noise is louder when cold, but still there when hot. noise is loudest when maintaining a steady cruise at 50-60mph, and quites down on mid to heavy acceleration. You cant hear it at all on decel, but it comes back when the injectors start firing again at close to idle. The truck runs fantastic, starts fine hot or cold, plenty of power, no smoke, no miss or stutter, and no puking! (at least I fixed one problem haha)
history:
Noise started 300 miles after I changed the head gaskets with ARP studs and EGR delete. At that time I also replaced: Fuel pressure spring, standpipes, dummy plugs, MC filters, shell T6 oil, and installed a turbo back 4" exhaust. Had the heads checked for cracks and resurfaced, they took .007" off to get them flat. Also replaced a few hundred miles before the HGs were the IPR valve, Oil cooler, and fuel pump.
So far I have checked:
Exhaust hitting fire wall.
Inspected drivers side rocker arms. They were all still in place, but I didn't remove them. Also re-torqued the injector hold down bolts.
Drained fuel/water sep thinking I had some bad fuel. also used 2 stroke oil in fuel, which didn't help much.
turbo v-band clamps tight
up pipe bolts tight
drivers exhaust manifold bolts tight
here's some video of the truck.
First is a cold start the second is inside the cab at operating temps.
thanks guys. I hope this isnt something major.
YouTube - F350 Cold start 60*F
YouTube - VID 20101107 180149



