Ticking noise
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Ticking noise
So I'm pulled over right now. Was driving down the road and my motor started making a bad ticking noise, seemed like my fuel dropped pretty fast to. Truck still has power, and exhaust doesn't sound abnormal. What should I look for?
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Let's hope that's the case, it didn't make the sound at idle. Ive looked it over, can't find anything
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I dont agree one bit, when I put my EGT probe in a messed up... Ended up blowing the probe out of my manifold, and it was a tick tick tick, and yes theres a 7.3 under my hood
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Just a thought. How about a sticky lifter.
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Have you done the .50 cent mod? Totally unrelated, but it would be a great time to get under those valve covers, make sure everythings hunky dorey and get some things done. Do the fifty cent mod if you haven't, and torque down those rocker arm pedestal bolts and the lower injecter hold down bolts. I've heard of an injecter hold down bolt coming entirely undone on a 300,000 mile powerstroke and rattling around like a bad pushrod. Just throwing ideas out there. Do you think it could be a noisy injector? Maybe you should try a quart of two stroke oil through a tank full of fuel and see how that goes.
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Check your fuel filter and pressure. Ticking and low power sounds like fuel restriction to me. an empty injector will tick just like a lifter. don't assume your pressure is OK.
Lack of fuel will do exactly what your describing
Barney
Lack of fuel will do exactly what your describing
Barney