I Cant Win. Loud a$$ Ticking Noise

Stagray · November 8th, 2007, 01:50 PM

Got a LOUD ticking coming from my motor. When at idle its good. no nosie, when you rev up and shit and keep above 2500RPMs I am getting the fuckin annoying ticking noise. Now I have had 2 partys look at it. 1 says its the rear main bearings and 1 saying its the Timing chain. 98 Cobra is the car, anyone had any problems with either? Is a timing chain hard to do on these?

MustangMatt96GT · November 8th, 2007, 02:23 PM

Sounds like etheir a lifter or a timing chain. Did you use a hose up to your ear and see if its coming from the top or the bottom of the motor?

Stagray · November 8th, 2007, 02:27 PM

No, not sure where to stick the damn thing too. I need to get the car to NC (200 miles) if possible and get it fixed while Im there. If its just a chain, it wont be an issue, if its bearings, then it becomes a big issue as I dont want it to kill the crankshaft.

Stagray · November 8th, 2007, 02:28 PM

oh and its hard to make it rev when I got a hose stuck to it LOL. Maybe I can get a friend to step on the gas for me..... I hope

96Snaker · November 10th, 2007, 05:42 AM

I've got the same motor (96 4 valve) with similar symptoms. High mileage (85K) is the culprit on mine. I'm thinking worn lifters, or timing chain, or both. I've heard our timing chains are real pain in the asses, I hope that's not true, but the way our engines are so cluttered, I can only imagine.

JohnC · November 10th, 2007, 08:15 AM

Originally Posted by Stagray

oh and its hard to make it rev when I got a hose stuck to it LOL. Maybe I can get a friend to step on the gas for me..... I hope

Stick something then between the throttle stop like a dime and then stick a hose to your ear and listen.

ujslost · November 11th, 2007, 10:17 AM

I know you described this as a ticking noise. Im gonna 2nd guess you here and ask you, would you call it a knocking or ticking? If ticking I wouldnt think the bottom end, they usually knock.

TheUNZippee! · November 11th, 2007, 10:22 AM

Ticking could be a bad injector. As ujslost said, bottom end noises are usually a knocking sound....one of those sounds you hear where even if you don't know much about cars you say to yourself "Fuck. This can't be good."

aikined1 · November 12th, 2007, 07:14 PM

My 98 cobra makes the same ticking as you're describing. Please let me know what you find out, so I'll know. It's been doing it for about a year now and hasn't gotten any worse yet. It did it about 30,000 miles ago and Ford dealer replaced the timing chain tensioners and I had 4 fried rod bearings, but that's cause I let it get 4 quarts low on oil. My 93 cobra had a low oil idiot light before it got a quart low. By the way, I'm a CNC machinist and I saw the supposed (worn out) chain tensioners and they didn't look worn to me. It quit ticking after that, and now it's back again, and it hasn't been a 1/2 quart low on oil since then, and I can't imagine the tensioners worn out again.

ujslost · November 12th, 2007, 09:33 PM

you wont see the tensioners worn out. they are hydraulic. you must be confusing those with the chain guides which are plastic on one side. and yeah they do wear out.

I like how you describe them as "supposed" worn out tensioners , but then in the same breathe tell us how it quit ticking afterwards! Sounds like they were worn.

November 8th, 2007, 01:50 PM	#1
Stagray Regular Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Hampton, VA Posts: 118	I Cant Win. Loud a$$ Ticking Noise Got a LOUD ticking coming from my motor. When at idle its good. no nosie, when you rev up and shit and keep above 2500RPMs I am getting the fuckin annoying ticking noise. Now I have had 2 partys look at it. 1 says its the rear main bearings and 1 saying its the Timing chain. 98 Cobra is the car, anyone had any problems with either? Is a timing chain hard to do on these?

November 8th, 2007, 02:23 PM	#2
MustangMatt96GT I Post Entirely Way Too Much 1996 Mustang GT 13.023@103.46 @ 5800 FT Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Lakewood, CO Posts: 7,145	Sounds like etheir a lifter or a timing chain. Did you use a hose up to your ear and see if its coming from the top or the bottom of the motor? __________________ We expect shit to break, look foward to realizing exactly when it is happening, and than obsess about dropping plenty of cash to rebuild stronger, so we can try to run it hard as hell and break again. We are sick individuals.

November 10th, 2007, 05:42 AM	#5
96Snaker Hardcore Enthusiast 1996 Cobra 13.98 @ 101 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 1,687	I've got the same motor (96 4 valve) with similar symptoms. High mileage (85K) is the culprit on mine. I'm thinking worn lifters, or timing chain, or both. I've heard our timing chains are real pain in the asses, I hope that's not true, but the way our engines are so cluttered, I can only imagine. __________________ The Cobra might be gone... but the blue blood still runneth thru my veins. Snaker's Music Snaker's Myspace

November 11th, 2007, 10:17 AM	#7
ujslost MM Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Albertville, AL Posts: 3,847	I know you described this as a ticking noise. Im gonna 2nd guess you here and ask you, would you call it a knocking or ticking? If ticking I wouldnt think the bottom end, they usually knock. __________________ http://www.moddedmustangs.com/forums/vehicle-classifieds/86839-wtt-90-lx-hatch-red-black-north-alabama.html#post1394801

November 12th, 2007, 09:33 PM	#10
ujslost MM Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Albertville, AL Posts: 3,847	you wont see the tensioners worn out. they are hydraulic. you must be confusing those with the chain guides which are plastic on one side. and yeah they do wear out. I like how you describe them as "supposed" worn out tensioners , but then in the same breathe tell us how it quit ticking afterwards! Sounds like they were worn. __________________ http://www.moddedmustangs.com/forums/vehicle-classifieds/86839-wtt-90-lx-hatch-red-black-north-alabama.html#post1394801

November 8th, 2007, 02:27 PM	#3
Stagray Regular Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Hampton, VA Posts: 118	No, not sure where to stick the damn thing too. I need to get the car to NC (200 miles) if possible and get it fixed while Im there. If its just a chain, it wont be an issue, if its bearings, then it becomes a big issue as I dont want it to kill the crankshaft.

November 8th, 2007, 02:28 PM	#4
Stagray Regular Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Hampton, VA Posts: 118	oh and its hard to make it rev when I got a hose stuck to it LOL. Maybe I can get a friend to step on the gas for me..... I hope

November 12th, 2007, 07:14 PM	#9
aikined1 Newbie Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 6	My 98 cobra makes the same ticking as you're describing. Please let me know what you find out, so I'll know. It's been doing it for about a year now and hasn't gotten any worse yet. It did it about 30,000 miles ago and Ford dealer replaced the timing chain tensioners and I had 4 fried rod bearings, but that's cause I let it get 4 quarts low on oil. My 93 cobra had a low oil idiot light before it got a quart low. By the way, I'm a CNC machinist and I saw the supposed (worn out) chain tensioners and they didn't look worn to me. It quit ticking after that, and now it's back again, and it hasn't been a 1/2 quart low on oil since then, and I can't imagine the tensioners worn out again.

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