engine

[pootnranger]

ticking sound when idling. i wanna say lifters knocking?! please help

[kozal01]

What year/ engine?


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[pootnranger]

04 5:4l

[kozal01]

A couple common issues come to mind with the 5.4 3valve is cam phasers and exhaust manifold leak, those two seem to be the most common sources of ticks/ knocks. Can you listen with the engine running and figure out approx were the sound is coming from?


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[pootnranger]

Not now. Its a the beach with my brother for the week. I will when he comes badk

[Bothe]

I have the same issue with my truck. Im not quite sure where its coming from, but as soon as it goes in gear it stops

[dixie_boysles]

doesnt sound like a diesel does it?

here are a few sound clips of bad phasers

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=f150+5.4+cam+phaser&oq=f150+5.4+cam+phaser&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=2884l3493l0l3604l5l4l0l0l0l0l94l328l4l4l0

[Bothe]

I took a video of my truck. This may not be the same thing that you hear on yours. I did notice that i could still hear it when i went into gear which it usually stops. Of course i dont drive with my door open so that might be whyi could still hear it lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNqpG-ICK_I&feature=youtu.be

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This maybe normal for these trucks, but we've never had a truck do that before. We've only had Powerstrokes and a 01 V6 Ranger before this which neither made this noise

[2004XLT5.4LTritonV84X4]

Is this the diesel knock issue I've heard talk about possibly?? I have noticed that with my 04 (I just bought it 2 1/2 weeks ago) that I have that slight diesel knock....usually I notice it after I start it up and there's a belt making noise (I think it's the fan belt anyway...I hope!) and I open the hood to try to figure out if it's something else. I have also noticed that when going up hill at higher speeds when its on cruise, that I get an extra vibration/noise from the engine. Is this tied into the diesel knock sound?

[codwel09]

Is this the diesel knock issue I've heard talk about possibly?? I have noticed that with my 04 (I just bought it 2 1/2 weeks ago) that I have that slight diesel knock....usually I notice it after I start it up and there's a belt making noise (I think it's the fan belt anyway...I hope!) and I open the hood to try to figure out if it's something else. I have also noticed that when going up hill at higher speeds when its on cruise, that I get an extra vibration/noise from the engine. Is this tied into the diesel knock sound?


I've had the same problem before when I noticed it needed an oil change, I might try that. It usually quiets back down after you change the oil. That is unless you've already done that. Trust me, I bought my truck figuring it had the oil changed by the dealer and no such luck. It would be worth a try before you get that far into tearin the engine apart to fix it

[2004XLT5.4LTritonV84X4]

Alright that's an idea, the oil looks pretty good, I'm fairly sure it was changed. I figured I would do it soon though...

[codwel09]

Alright that's an idea, the oil looks pretty good, I'm fairly sure it was changed. I figured I would do it soon though...

Yea it's worth a try. Might fix ur problem and then again give ya an indicator when it needs to be changed ha. That's the way I look at mine

Silver 2005 XLT SuperCrew 5.4L 5.5' bed

[2004XLT5.4LTritonV84X4]

Changed the oil on Saturday, I put synthetic in it too...not sure if it helped or not...think it might have a little bit.