not all the time but sometimes when i drive it hard, wen i slow down ill notice an idle ticking almost like a diesel engine just not to that extreme but as soon as i restart the car it goes away.
anyone else have this same issue?

 

you've burnt up a muffler bearing, buy 4 gauges and it'll fix the problem

 

i was gunna suggest stop "beating" it


its probably your injectors

 

That would be your exhaust

 

you guys are so ******* gay.

s/c noise? sometimes they make it when they are hot.

or valve lash, im honestly not sure if these cars need there valves re-adjusted like other eco-mivecy, vtecy cars do. i only put 30miles on my car a year, so ill never have to find out.

 

Usually ticking means expanding/contracting metal so I would agree it could be overheating of some sort.

If your intercooler pump is not working, your intake temps could be sky high. I'd check that. Listen for it when you put the key in the ACC position, then feel the hoses for pressure/flow.

 

thats just the leafblower cooling down.... haha sorry i can't get enough of this leafblower ****... it's hilarious...

 

Its probably just the exhaust cooling down.

 

Check the IC pump before it performs a check on you and your checking account

 

Id go with that^^^

 

Exhaust piping... without a doubt.

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thanks guys ill look into that

 

Stock Cat-back does this. Its no big deal.

 

sounds like lifters to me

 

i hope hes joking...

 

it could be injectors my car has a slight ticking....but the ecotecs have a high pressure fuel system and thats the sound of the injectors kicking on and off.....at least that is what my service desk guy said at the dealership....he said the noise is even louder on the 2.0 it has actually scared people away on the lot from buying them

 

im getting a ton of mixed answers
idk which one lol
ill see if i can get a video when it does it and ill post it up

 

are u t/c or s/c and is it noticed outside the car or only when its quiet inside the cabin?

wow its a rough morning your 2.0 just looked at where this is posted its probably your injectors

 

my car does this all the time. its the catback.

 

ok tell me this dos it make the sound when the car is running at an idle if so its the lifters not uncommon if you beat the **** out of it

 

Only the LNF (08+ SS's) have the loud injector tick and the high pressure fueling system. The LSJ's don't have that, because they aren't Direct Injection.

I'm almost positive that its the exhaust.

Do this test:

Go out and beat on it till it ticks, and then turn the motor off. Does it still tick? If so, its your cat-back. Its just the metal expanding and contrasting due to heat.

If it doesn't tick anymore... then you know you have an internal motor problem. Which could be lifter tick. The question then becomes, do you have a proper level of Oil in there?

NO. Only the LNF (08+ SS's) have the loud injector tick.

This...

Usually lifters will tick upon initial start up... and go away. And if they don't go away, they're usually a constant tick. Its probably not the lifters, but it certainly could be.

 

its ticks after beating on it(sometimes). it continues to tick on idle.(after beating on it)
wen i shut the car off and restart it again its back to normal.
just clearing that up for some of u

 

but does it tick if the engine is off?

like drive, beat on it, shut the car off on the hwy or pull over quick and see if its still ticking.

 

Really need video or audio if you can get it.

 

it only takes like a minute or less for the catback to cool off. mine stops ticking like 20 seconds after i shut it off.