351 Windsor loud tick
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351 Windsor loud tick
Just got the truck a month ago and since the first day I got it it's had this tick vehind it. It's all times regardless of rpms. Manifold tick? Or valve train? It's going into the shop next week for a full exhaust so I'll have the gaskets checked, it is just an obnoxious noise to listen to from such a nice truck.
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+1, good chance it's the exhaust. At least that's the best case scenario...
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Bingo that is how Old Schooler's do it. Glad to see somebody remembers these things.
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Sometimes I remember ,sometimes I jump to conclusions .I had an old f150 with a straight six that started ticking real bad so i figured rockers might need adjusted tore everything down just to find out I was about 4 quarts low on oil
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Didn't hurt the motor
filled it back up and it ran great and didn't tick at all ,the 300 is probably the toughest motor ever made
filled it back up and it ran great and didn't tick at all ,the 300 is probably the toughest motor ever made
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Back to the Tick Issue that is the best method ever is the piece of hose or plastic pipe to your ear and go listening.
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mines a 1991 f150 4x4 302 auto
The only thing I did was removed stock manifolds bolted headers on and tied the plug for the o2 sensor up
The only thing I've done with the smog system is put a block off plated where the egr meets the tb.
the truck has 35's and 4.56 gears and I get around 20mpg
The only thing I did was removed stock manifolds bolted headers on and tied the plug for the o2 sensor up
The only thing I've done with the smog system is put a block off plated where the egr meets the tb.
the truck has 35's and 4.56 gears and I get around 20mpg
Mountain Pass
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mines a 1991 f150 4x4 302 auto
The only thing I did was removed stock manifolds bolted headers on and tied the plug for the o2 sensor up
The only thing I've done with the smog system is put a block off plated where the egr meets the tb.
the truck has 35's and 4.56 gears and I get around 20mpg
The only thing I did was removed stock manifolds bolted headers on and tied the plug for the o2 sensor up
The only thing I've done with the smog system is put a block off plated where the egr meets the tb.
the truck has 35's and 4.56 gears and I get around 20mpg
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From: Backwoods of Snowflake AZ
Our 89 F250 351 has the same tick I have traced it to the manifolds also. I just haven't fixed it because it is just a ranch/work truck so it doesn't ever go more then 10 miles a month now. If it was one of our 5 regular driven (or soon to be regular driven) it would have had headers on it by now (except my 92 300 and brother's 91 300).
Trav
Trav