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About the Mustang that ticked

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caliperson18

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I also have a Mustang that does the same guys, even at the lowest throttle opening, ( especially late at night when its quiet) u hear a ticking sound. When u open up the throttle more, it gets muffled by engine noise but it is still there.Altho at no throttle opening, the ticking stops. I at one point assumed that it might have been a stuck piston, or gunk that it was hitting every time it made a revolution. But in order for that to be true, the ticking sound would have to increase with the engine speed, and its notright? Steady quick ticking sound. Yea quite the head scratcher. Anybody else with this problem?
 

99BStang

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I have the same thing with my 99 Mustang... I think its the oil lifters...
 

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I too have this problem with my '98. If someone finds a solution to the problem PLEASE!!!!!! let me know. LOL
 
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I have the same problem with my 2000 v6. I believe I read somewhere that it's the manifold gaskets.

Read this post:
http://www.3.8mustang.com/forum/showthread.php?t=87831&highlight=ticking

I just never got around checking out the manifold and gaskets. I'm not 100% sure that's the problem.
 
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