Ticking and NO power.

[Uoroxxor]

I have had a slight ticking for about a month now, i put it off as a exhaust leak... well after i had a new clutch put in i had all my exhaust redone and made sure nothing was leaking.

Not when I Get on it the shifter shakes and the car studders till about 4000 rpm then comes alive.. and the ticking has gotten alot worse, it's faint at idle and gets alot faster as i accelerate.

I have pulled off each sparkplug and each injector wire and the ticking is still there.
Motor has about 10000 miles on it with pp heads.

Throwing no codes at all, and getting tired of it.

 

[mijo_latino]

sounds like detonation..
The usual questions come up, whats done to the car? tuned? gas your using?

My 98 started to after i switched to PI intake and my exhuast setup, vary faintly. Luckly only 89 gas cured it.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

Ticking could be a loose plug getting ready to blow out of the head. You should check for that right away.

 

[Mike97gt]

many things can cause the ticking. as kilgore said check for a loose plug. that can cause a ticking sound and will rip the threads right out of the head. if one is loose tighten it back down to spec and recheck after 500 miles.

we really need to know more about your car. like year and mods.

this is most likely a misfire. but a misfire can be caused by a lot of things so we need more info.

 

[Uoroxxor]

sounds like detonation..
The usual questions come up, whats done to the car? tuned? gas your using?

My 98 started to after i switched to PI intake and my exhuast setup, vary faintly. Luckly only 89 gas cured it.

03 block with 00 heads, ported and polished, upr off road x pipe, flows,


That's about it as far as the motor.. I have run 87 forever in it and i put 93 and it didnt' stop it..... But my plugs were fubared I replaced the passenger side gonna check the drivers side tommorow.. I had a exhaust leak that caused me to run lean... But other than that if it's cold it doens't do it right away only when I press the gas, and sometimes while driving it doesn't do it.


But when It does which is 90% of the time it's loud as hell.. especially inside of the car.


Could it be my felpro crush gaskets when I put my manifolds back on, but it doens't do it all of the time.

The car is untuned and running stock timing.

 

[the98stang]

Maybe it's the lifters? Open your oil cap and listen inside the valve cover. If you hear the ticking it's probably the lifters.

 

[Uoroxxor]

Maybe it's the lifters? Open your oil cap and listen inside the valve cover. If you hear the ticking it's probably the lifters.

I don't hear it to much there, but would that explain the crap performance?


At one time I was getting a lean on cylinder 2, but I replaced the cop and sparkplugs on that side and it hasn't returned yet. but neither has my o2 sensor cause I don't have mil.


Cylinder 2 is passenger side 2nd one back correct?

 

[Y2K_MustangVert]

Kilgore....you sir are a genius amongst boys! I have had a ticking noise for the past two weeks and I just read this thread lastnight, and went out this morning to fix it. Sure enough the last spark plug on the driver's side, nearest the firewall was loose about two and a half turns. Tightened it down and now the ticking is gone.

 

[Mike97gt]

Kilgore....you sir are a genius amongst boys! I have had a ticking noise for the past two weeks and I just read this thread lastnight, and went out this morning to fix it. Sure enough the last spark plug on the driver's side, nearest the firewall was loose about two and a half turns. Tightened it down and now the ticking is gone.

recheck it again every once in awile and make sure it's staying tourqed down.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

Kilgore....you sir are a genius amongst boys! I have had a ticking noise for the past two weeks and I just read this thread lastnight, and went out this morning to fix it. Sure enough the last spark plug on the driver's side, nearest the firewall was loose about two and a half turns. Tightened it down and now the ticking is gone.

You are very lucky you caught that before the spark plug blew out! Glad to have been of assistance

 

[Uoroxxor]

I have pulled all the spark plugs out and some of them were actually fubared.


So 1 of the coil packs looked bad i'm replacing it, and all the plugs will update.

 

[Mike97gt]

good keep us updated.

 

[Uoroxxor]

good keep us updated.

Well, I installed all the spark plugs and new coils and go to crank it, and BOOM the theft light starts blinking out of the blue.......

 

[Mike97gt]

Well, I installed all the spark plugs and new coils and go to crank it, and BOOM the theft light starts blinking out of the blue.......

ok thats a pats fault. did you drop your key or use a different key to start it?

ok and you need to tell us what year your car is. it wont kill you to tell us. no way i can help you with a PATS system fault without knowing the year of the car.

 

[Uoroxxor]

ok thats a pats fault. did you drop your key or use a different key to start it?

ok and you need to tell us what year your car is. it wont kill you to tell us. no way i can help you with a PATS system fault without knowing the year of the car.

Sorry it's a 2000 gt, same key I have used for 2 years and it was never droped or anything prior to this.

Is there a fuse I can check, the little grey connector above the driver side head made a spark on initial crank. but it hasn't been moved in 6 months.

 

[Mike97gt]

ok here is the wiring diagram for the pats system

check the fuse number 34 in the centeral juntion box. then get back to us