What is this noise in the lower front left engine bay
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What is this noise in the lower front left engine bay
The truck is essentially a brand new (500 miles) XLT V8 4x4, went and visited a friend who lives in the sticks, nothing crazy, just a few miles of dirt/gravel roads. The next morning I start the truck and hear the sound in the attached video. After having a small heart attack I realized to me it sounds like a rock stuck somewhere but for the life of me, I can’t find the accursed thing. For my peace of mind if anyone with some experience could tell if this sound is rock I would appreciate it and probably sleep better. I’ve taken it to ford but the sound goes away if I’m within a mile of the dealership (it knows). I’ve showed ford the video and they seemed pretty confident it was a rock and that it would fall out “eventually”. The sound comes and goes, usually under load/ around speed bumps is when I hear it. The video was at idle but the sound has died down since then. “Light” metallic random pinging is how I would describe it now.
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After thousands of miles of dirt roads and many rocks caught in places making noise, i never had a rock make any sound when stationary. I dont think there is any place a rock can get to where the engine or belts and accessories spinning would make that noise. There was a thread somewhere here or in the Superduty section of a similar sound. I thought those guys had some piece of metal or bolt in the tranny bell housing or something like that. Again, i dont think a rock should be making that sound at stationary idle.
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