Thread: Engine Ticking

Hey guys got a question for you all. I was unplugging my truck the other day and heard this fairly loud ticking coming from the motor its loud enough that I can stand at the end of my driveway about 30 feet from my truck and can hear this ticking. I took it to the dealer and they claim it is just normal fuel injector noise and I just aint buying a fuel injector can be this loud. Has anyone ever run into this. I think it is just the dealer cause that is their favorite thing to say when I take my truck in. It has a loud clunk in the rearend and they claim this is normal also being my first ford it is really turning me off this truck in a big way. Thanks for any help.

I'd get another opinion from another dealer or a mechanic

So I took the truck back to the dealer and got a little pissed with them and finally got a real mechanic to look at it he said it sounded like a bearing going out and got his stethoscope and listened to the idler pulley and seems to think the bearing in it is going bad and the tensioner also. He's sure it is not fuel injectors cause of how loud the noise is at the wheel well. Thanks for the responses guys. I wish I had another warranty shop around but the next closest one is about 500 hundred miles away. So hopefully next week it will be fixed. Is loud fuel injectors just a ford thing Alex cause I dont remember them being loud on my gmc. Again thanks guys.

Originally Posted by mrbones

So I took the truck back to the dealer and got a little pissed with them and finally got a real mechanic to look at it he said it sounded like a bearing going out and got his stethoscope and listened to the idler pulley and seems to think the bearing in it is going bad and the tensioner also. He's sure it is not fuel injectors cause of how loud the noise is at the wheel well. Thanks for the responses guys. I wish I had another warranty shop around but the next closest one is about 500 hundred miles away. So hopefully next week it will be fixed. Is loud fuel injectors just a ford thing Alex cause I dont remember them being loud on my gmc. Again thanks guys.

See, raise enough fuss and they'll fix it. Glad to hear its still under warranty and they're fixing it.

What year is the truck ? For the rear end noise there is a TSB if it's a newer one. To add grease to the drive line yoke. Ford didn't put any in them so they make noise. Adding the grease really makes a night and day difference. I don't a few and it took care of the noise.

Glad to hear they will fix that noise. Good luck. Le me know if u need any more help.


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Hey alfie its a 2011 you hear the clunk after you put it in reverse and back up a few feet and when it slides its icy now I thought maybe it was traction control noise but when I back u I aint spinning. Yes you gotta love warranty. Ok stupid question what is a TSB? Thanks

A TSB is a Technical Service Bulletin, basically instead of a recall for a vehicle, the manufacturer, in this case Ford, basically puts out a little procedure manual on how to fix or repair a found problem on a vehicle. Available to the techs and also to owners that want to DIY.

I don't think it's your fuel injectors sound like the vct valve or your cam phasers I recently bought an 09 king ranch it had 60k on it and had a loud tick and replaced that stuff problem solved do you have an extended warranty

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The 09 and 11 have diff motors and phasers. On the 3v stuff they made lots of noise.


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