Well I have noticed that my car ticks when I first crank it up, it almost sounds like a valve tap, but its just not the same sound......it almost goes completely away once the car warms up so I was just thinking it was b/c the oil drains to the bottom of the oil pan. So its been doing it for a while and tonight I ran into a service tech that works at a local Chevrolet Dealership here in town and he says that the tick is my header gasket and the reason it goes away is b/c when the gasket heats up it expands and almost completely closes up the gap in the gasket! So at least I know what my problem is and now I can take it in and have the gasket replaced along with my brakes!

 

Sounds like a good time to get a header and DP.

 

Did you get it fixed?

 

also may be the timing chain tensioner theres a TSB out for it

 

wait...i get that ticking too, then it goes away when warm...you're saying that that its the gasket on my header? is it serious if i dont replace it?

 

This is so long ago, it was the exhaust manifold gasket

It will get worse

 

whats with the bumping of the super old threads then

 

meh, oneslowgto may not have noticed it was an old thread...but it is still reasonably valuable information to me since it seems as though this is going to be my problem soon as well....

 

yea i think i got it to

 

He knew it was an old thread... he's been bumping old threads all day...

 

I dont know how it got there but I went in showed them the tick and told them what I had "assumed" it was, and it came back w/ a new gasket and no ticking

 

wtf is with you guys and old threads...

 

Some people when searching for stuff (like we keep telling them to) don't first notice the date of the thread.

I'm sure no harm was intended, and it looked like there was some more relevant info to be had.


So lay off, jesus.

 

^ agreed... if resurections of old threads for valuable information offends you, then you need to get a life

 

no they have been pulling a lot of random threads up from like 05 from the lounge and whatnot...i'm the first to admit i dont look at the dates but it just started in the past 2 days

 

I know your not telling me to get a life

 

^not just you, anyone who complains about this...the fact still remains that although this is an older thread, valuable information is to be had from it...thats what css.net is about, learning and community...

 

mine goes tick tick tick tick tick usually five times like that then goes away. is that what you mean?

 

This is good info should be made into another thread and stickied

 

i believe so....mine does this as well

 

yea same thing happened to me, except i used it as an excuse to buy a new header/ dp combo. lol

 

Sounds like some valve tap to me. Makes noise first thing in the morning, goes away after a few seconds till oil pressure gets to the top of the engine. My friends 2.4 taps till its warm but thats normal as well. Piston slap, 100% normal in a cold engine.

 

ya...my mazda mx6 had that...i let the damn thing run dry for a week without putting oil in it (i didnt even know about cars back then)... after that it never really went away, even when driving

i pray that this isnt the same thing...i keep checking my oil stick to be on the safe side lol

 

Its not just level, it also comes down to your maintenance schedule. Its been recommended forever and to death 3 months or 3000 miles. If you never change your oil it sludge’s up and block passages and can cause tapping, knocking, and well a general lack of noise from the engine. Not saying that’s the problem at all, just extra info.

 

good to know!... im about 500 kms over my service actually...gotta find time to do it