Ticking sound
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Ticking sound
Hello,
I hear a ticking sound from the left side of my 3800 that I only hear when the car is moving. It sounds like a lifter tick tick tick but I don't hear it when the car is idling in drive or even in neutral.
Aside from that, car runs great. It's a 1996 with only 70,000 miles.
Any thoughts as to what it could be? And if it is a stuck lifter, is that something that should be addressed? I really don't want to invest money in an engine rebuild on this thing and I can live with the noise if it's not that dire.
Thanks in advance for your insight!
I hear a ticking sound from the left side of my 3800 that I only hear when the car is moving. It sounds like a lifter tick tick tick but I don't hear it when the car is idling in drive or even in neutral.
Aside from that, car runs great. It's a 1996 with only 70,000 miles.
Any thoughts as to what it could be? And if it is a stuck lifter, is that something that should be addressed? I really don't want to invest money in an engine rebuild on this thing and I can live with the noise if it's not that dire.
Thanks in advance for your insight!
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Re: Ticking sound
If its not exhaust, in my old v-6 I had changed the fuel injectors and noticed a tick sound. It ended up be natural for those fuel injectors but I only noticed it because I tend to listen hard after you fix something and that sound was always there but I was just noticing it then.
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