So, over the past year or so I've been getting this "tick tick tick tick" while cruising at very light throttle. Within the last month or so it has become markedly worse.
The tick is most pronounced at just under 1500rpm and just under 2000rpm. Outside that range, the sound is still there, but not nearly as loud.. While in that range it echoes off the walls of my garage and I can hear it out my driver's side window cruising at 35mph.
I originally thought it was a plug working its way out, so I checked them and they were all perfectly tight.
The sound was there before I installed my headers. I thought it might be an exhaust leak, but it's still there after the header install and it has more of a solid "click" to it rather than the airy "pfft" or "tssst" of an exhaust leak.
The engine has ~60,000 miles on it.
I've tried to capture the sound with both my cell phone and digital camera, but neither have the frequency response to pick up the higher frequencies of the tick so it sounds really muffled..
Thoughts? I know these are very hard to diagnose over the internet, but maybe someone has the exact same symptoms..
Riley
The tick is most pronounced at just under 1500rpm and just under 2000rpm. Outside that range, the sound is still there, but not nearly as loud.. While in that range it echoes off the walls of my garage and I can hear it out my driver's side window cruising at 35mph.
I originally thought it was a plug working its way out, so I checked them and they were all perfectly tight.
The sound was there before I installed my headers. I thought it might be an exhaust leak, but it's still there after the header install and it has more of a solid "click" to it rather than the airy "pfft" or "tssst" of an exhaust leak.
The engine has ~60,000 miles on it.
I've tried to capture the sound with both my cell phone and digital camera, but neither have the frequency response to pick up the higher frequencies of the tick so it sounds really muffled..
Thoughts? I know these are very hard to diagnose over the internet, but maybe someone has the exact same symptoms..
Riley
I have what I believe is the exact same problem. The only thing is. you said you hear it off the walls of your garage? That means it makes the noise when it is in park? Becuase when I rev in park it does not make the noise, only at times when you described otherwise. I will pass a car or something and it's like it echoes off of it extremely loud. I kinda always heard it before i put my exhaust on, but Once I put my c/b and midpipe it really amplified the noise. It sound like an exhaust leak tick somewhat but only under load for me, not when reving in park as I said before. Since I used my stock manifold gasket when I put on the exhaust, I thought it was just slightly leaking, so I had it changed. No luck... still does it. Someone recommended possibly the tensioner isn't applying enough pressure. I really have no idea though. It's starting to get on my nerves. I really think we might have similar problems becuase your spot on with how you tried to describe the noise and times of occurance minus being in the garage. Do you have 5spd or auto?
