Lately I've been hearing a loud ticking when I first start my car up... comming from near the valvetrain area... I can't figure out, if it is the injectors,or the rockers... all I know is that when I start my car... I can smell a fuel odor...and when I start my car... There is a very loud ticking... that goes away...after the car has warmed up a bit.

I'm stumped...


also I did the leaky injector test...and my injectors were dry as a bone...

 

It sounds like a lifter is taking its time pumping up. It may just need to be adjusted a bit. It's pretty easy to take off the valve cover and see which one is loose when its cold. You can probably wiggle it a bit. After you find out which one it is, replace the valve cover, warm the engine, and then adjust the rocker while the engine is running. See if it still does it the next morning when it is cold. If it still does it, there is probably some dirt or something blocking the oil going into the lifter. The plunger could be collapsed a bit too which would require a new lifter. If it goes away then walla! It was just out of adjustment. Normally, I think most people would agree that adjusting lifters cold and manually turning the engine for each adjustment is the best way to do it. In this case however, you adjust the rocker with the engine hot and running. If you adjust a collapsed lifter cold, it can damage parts if it decides to pump up.
Ther are some things you can do to get rid of dirt in the lifter. I have used rislone before and it worked great. I wouldn't run it too long (500 miles). If that doesn't work, you can flush the motor with a quart of kerosene. Get the engine hot and pour it in the engine. Start it up and run at idle for about 4 min. Change your filter and let the oil drain for an hour or so to get it out. If you are pretty sure your engine has had regularly scheduled oil changes, and you have been using quality oil, the kerosene method should be safe. If your engine is dirty, or has a ton of miles on it, the kerosene could loosen up dirty deposits that could create other problems. That's why you do it when the engine is hot.