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Very Annoying Ticking Noise

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  • Start date Start date Oct 22, 2012

ThatBear

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I recently put my rebuilt explorer motor into my 89 gt. I am still breaking it in so i havent driven it hard and am about 2-3 days from changing the oil. It seems to run fine, but while im driving next to buildings, other cars etc i hear this very very annoying ticking sound. With the hood up i isolated it to the upper passenger side of the motor. It sort of sounds like an exhaust leak but doesnt spped up when i give it gas. What could it be? I have been told it os my injectors by a guy i know at autozone. If it makes a difference (if not i just wanna list my goodies) trick flow street burner upper and lower, 70mm throttle body, 73mm MAF calibrated to my 24lb Venom injectors, trick flow stage 1 cam, gt40p heads, 1.7 trick flow RR, ford racing lifters, comp cams valve springs, bbk shorties, off road H pipe. New wires and plugs. All the work was done be a reputable machine shop and mechanic. Sorry for the long post but i need help because i dont want the sound to cause damage
 

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Also, i took it back to the mechanic and nobody in the shop could hear it, but they didnt drive it
 

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if the mechanics cant find anything, dont worry about it. Could be those injectors
 

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Well what worries me is they said they couldnt hear anything. Not sure if they inspected further
 

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do you hear it when sitting still or when moving?
 

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Both. It doesnt get louder when i take off. Doesnt matter if i give it 1/8 throttle, 1/4, 1/2 it stays the same speed
 
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