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cadde300

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my 04 has this ticking sound that I keep hearing. I hear the most if I rev the car up to like 1700 or lower and let it settle by itself, it has this ticking kind of sound.....is that normal?? I dont' recall hearing it before but I can hear it now and it bothers the hell out of me. thanks,
chris

 

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crazystang05

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Think i kno what your talking about i have the same tick when the car is cold and it is faint but i can here it and it bothres me too if anyone knos what this is thatd be great

 

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Yep, same here. Mine does it too. I think it's fairly common from what I've heard.

 

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Yes, mine does it too. I've taken it to two different dealers and they both say it's normal..

Riley

 

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cadde300

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sounds like something is broken or rattling around or something of the sort. I really don't like it, although I am glad to hear that it is normal and that my car doesn't have problems.....anyone know what the sound is, obviously the engine but what is ticking to make that noise

 

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Well it's a relief to know that others have that problem. I've been flipping out thinking that I had problems with my heads or something.

 

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so this is starting to sound like every newer mustang has this ticking sound??

 

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like a valve tapping sound?? when you tap the gas does the ticking speed up as the RPM's rise?

 

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yep...exactly what it sounds like. I only hear it up to about 1800 or so but it is noticable....so is this a normal sound or abnormal like a problem. it is almost like a fluttering sound.

 

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it is really noticable when the car is settling back down to a idle rpm from being revved or moving in traffic

 

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i drive next to the highway barrier, or backing into my driveway, and the ticking is so loud and constaint as i raise the rpm's. it just gets faster and louder as they rise, but then the exhaust note takes over and i cant hear it anymore.

mine seems to be much louder after the car is warmed up.

 

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Ticking sounds are normally exhaust leaks.

 

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ADRENLN said:

i drive next to the highway barrier, or backing into my driveway, and the ticking is so loud and constaint as i raise the rpm's. it just gets faster and louder as they rise, but then the exhaust note takes over and i cant hear it anymore.

mine seems to be much louder after the car is warmed up.

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That is a CLASSIC exhaust leak!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Get is fixed ASAP! The culprit is probably where your catted SLP X Pipe meeets up with the header on the passenger side.

Get a flashlight and look into your passenger side wheel well. Push the plastic cover aside in the wheel well so you can see the x pipe connection. If the leak is as big as you descripe, you should be able to see the gap.

You need to get this corrected immediately because your a/f will be totally messed up. As air gets sucked in and out up-stream of the O2 sensors you will get false readinngs.

 

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ive been driving like this for a while, what will happen? i did have ticking from the heads before the slp x, but it did seem to get worse after the install.