like 2 days ago i was just drivin normal and it started to tick, its not super loud, but im just a lil worried. any idea's?? i just hope its not a rod

 

mines starting to tick too but not too loud...but mine only does it at idle and once i start driving it goes away. I dont really know what it is either b/c mine will do it some days and some days it wont do it at all.

 

mine only does it at low rpm's but up top it doesnt seem to do it. its drivin me nuts!! im half tempted to just start tearin into it!!

 

BECAREFUL... Mines ticks and its previouse owner shattered the dashboard looking for it, didn't find it but he DID leave me with a shattered dashboard.

 

check your spark plug wires they could be arcing somewhere,just run your fingers up and down them youll feel a small shock if theyre arcing

 

i dont think its the wires i just replaced them like 8 days ago thanks for the idea though, its much appreciated

 

If the noise is there when you start up and goes away as the car warms up, thats normal.

 

its there all the time just super faint as it warms up. and for some reason it runs super good up top but like but down low?? im gonna start checkin every thing now!!

 

Could also be your lifters. I was looking at a 99 Firebird and it had that exact same thing. It would tick when it was cold then after driving it for awhile, it would go away. Had somebody check it out and it was two bad lifters. I passed on the deal.

 

well i just took it down the highway after adding like a 1/2 qt of oil (it was still in the opperating range, but near the bottom) and the tick is constantly there, but its not consistant and its real faint, it like goes up and down in pitch, its realy throwin me for a loop!!

 

Mine is odd, When I start it up COLD and drive it the first few blocks, no ticking or noise or anything but as the car warms up that ticking sound comes on everytime my foot is on the gas. When I come to a complete stop the sound stays constant for a few seconds, then slowly disapears. but when I tap the gas it just pops right back up at full force. It's not TOO loud as the engine drowns it out at highway speeds and at road speeds having the windows down or listening to the radio drowns it away but it does get annoying. It sounds EXACTLY like The Wheel of Fortune... the sound the wheel makes when it runs across and smacks those notches that eventually stop it. It sounds loudest at the center console and just above my dashboard that was cracked by an idiot who tried to find it. You can hear it through the entire car though. Any idea as to what this could be? It only does this in Drive Gears, not even in reverse, nutruel or park...