ChrisSD Posted September 2, 2009 Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 I have bone stock 2010, 500 miles. Still on factory oil and filter. Doesn't get louder when revving, now does it cold ( louder ) and warm ( less loud but present ). Update: Ok here is a video. Sorry for the sound cutting in and out, that's a result of the photobucket compression :/ It's pretty obvious. I bought a stethoscope and poked around but just could not locate an area where it got louder. I don't think this noise can be normal. Note: Clutch in or out makes no difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torched10 Posted September 2, 2009 Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 no tick on mine--did you check for a belt slipping or the fan blade hitting something--maybe change oil--i did mine at 600miles and the filter was dirty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbr1000 Posted September 2, 2009 Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 No tick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baby Gorilla Posted September 2, 2009 Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 No tick (no tock either). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PapaZ Posted September 2, 2009 Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 Nope.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisSD Posted September 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 I seem to have gotten a real lemon I started it up just now and played with it in idle. I only hear the noise at idle. If I rev even to 1000 ( car idles at 800 ) the noise is gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torched10 Posted September 2, 2009 Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 its got to be something vibrating at low idle,or something hitting--not engine related Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisSD Posted September 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 I'll get it up on my ramps and check it out, thanks. Found this video on this site: Listen to 1:40 - 1:50. 1:43 and 1:50 specifically. Right when the GT gets to idle, mine sounds like that. Kind of a diesel sound. Maybe it's normal, I'm used to OHV V8's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadpig58 Posted September 2, 2009 Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 cam phasers and/or rollover noise from the trans- they all do it- roadpig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisSD Posted September 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 Thanks roadpig. One thing I hate about myself is I am an engineer by trade ( nothing mechanical or automotive based tho ) and I hear and overanalyze EVERYTHING!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadpig58 Posted September 2, 2009 Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 mine does the exact same thing- and every other gt500 ive seen in the last few years- im the drive line manager for a large ford dealer in the southeast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckstang Posted September 2, 2009 Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 your fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlloyDropTop Posted September 3, 2009 Report Share Posted September 3, 2009 My '08 does it, too. I, too, am an engineer and it makes life a bitch... I hear every damn noise anything makes, or feel tolerance in everything. It is a damn disorder.... Kids get a bike, I readjust everything to get it just right, etc... I have heard this same noise on Ford F150's at gas stations. (pathetic that I would actually be listing to the F150 at the gas pump next to me, I know...) I have concluded it is normal.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ISAID Posted September 3, 2009 Report Share Posted September 3, 2009 I have bone stock 2010, 500 miles. Still on factory oil and filter. I have a tick on cold starts only, gone within a minute of driving, doesn't appear on warm restart. Doesn't get louder when revving after cold start. Normal for this engine? It is not the injectors, which are noisy as hell too! I read a lot of threads and most were about tick even when warm etc. no tick on mine but my 05 mustang gt always had a tick on it . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneTrickPony Posted September 4, 2009 Report Share Posted September 4, 2009 Haven't noticed a tick, I'll have to listen when I'm outside the car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlloyDropTop Posted September 4, 2009 Report Share Posted September 4, 2009 Haven't noticed a tick, I'll have to listen when I'm outside the car. At idle, get your ear down low behind the driver side tire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisSD Posted September 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2009 It's not so much a tick as it is a clackity clack, marbles rolling in a metal pan diesel sound. Not LOUD like that, but enough to piss me off! It's the worst when cold, once heated it gets much quieter but is still there. I'll get some video sometime. It has 5/60 to blow up if it's something that gets worse. The video of the Ford GT above at the times I indicated are exactly the noise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisSD Posted September 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2009 Ok here is a video. Sorry for the sound cutting in and out, that's a result of the photobucket compression :/ It's pretty obvious. I bought a stethoscope and poked around but just could not locate an area where it got louder. I don't think this noise can be normal. Note: Clutch in or out makes no difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlloyDropTop Posted September 5, 2009 Report Share Posted September 5, 2009 Ok here is a video. Sorry for the sound cutting in and out, that's a result of the photobucket compression :/ It's pretty obvious. I bought a stethoscope and poked around but just could not locate an area where it got louder. I don't think this noise can be normal. Note: Clutch in or out makes no difference. Mine makes that noise too. Yours seems like it might be louder than mine, but with a camera and a speaker compared to me listing to my car, who knows? But I do know my car makes that noise, and many others have also said theirs make the same noise. And even others with 5.4's in F150's say they make that noise, too. So it may not be normal, but it does seem somewhat typical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisSD Posted September 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2009 Hm, one thing I want to try is to retorque the header bolts. Anyone know the COLD torque spec and pattern? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonport Posted September 5, 2009 Report Share Posted September 5, 2009 Hello, I think you sent me a message- PM I have a 2008 GT500 she only has 1500 miles on her. She did the tick as well. It was also on the original oil and filter, So I had it changed at the for dealer with 672 miles. This is where it got interesting. My noise would not do it cold at all. She would do it when she was warm after you shut down and turn off, wait 2 minutes then she would do it for a few seconds and then all of a sudden go away. I made appoitnement with the Master Tech who works only on GT500 & Ford GT He told me the early production 2007's that where built in 2006 and early april 2007 needed left driver head replacement. I was so shiting my pants as I didnt want a car with a changed head so I was like thats it getting rid if her. But Mines a 2008 Built 3rd week of november 2007 so almost 2008 so he pulled me aside and said dont worry you are AOK!! He said he would be honest and not lie. I really belived him after our hour meeting and test drive. He told me DRIVE that damn car. So I took it on road trip and put 800 miles on her! She drive great and dont have any problems. He told me these engines are built tough and right! I am truely happy with my GT500 the best car I have ever owned!!! 1,560 miles no noise anymore : ) probally needed good breakin! :happy feet: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SVT Tech Posted September 5, 2009 Report Share Posted September 5, 2009 My 04 Lighting had the same exact noise. It was always alot louder when cold like in the winter months, but once it was up to operating temp it went away. I was told by a very knowlegable Modular engine builder that it was a loose piston/rod wrist pin, but when it heats up the metals expand and eliminate the looseness. I left it alone and just drove it. It still runs strong with no problems. Are you sure it has the 5W-50 oil in it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisSD Posted September 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2009 My 04 Lighting had the same exact noise. It was always alot louder when cold like in the winter months, but once it was up to operating temp it went away. I was told by a very knowlegable Modular engine builder that it was a loose piston/rod wrist pin, but when it heats up the metals expand and eliminate the looseness. I left it alone and just drove it. It still runs strong with no problems. Are you sure it has the 5W-50 oil in it? Positive. I just did a change using Motorcraft B spec 5w50 full synthetic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisSD Posted September 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 Can anyone here post the same video of their car please? I went to the dealer and checked another, it does the same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisSD Posted September 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2009 Dealer has had car for 8 hours. "Can't hear it". F me. The video sound is very accurate. It's the same volume of the tick I hear standing up outside the car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spring Lil Cobra Posted September 9, 2009 Report Share Posted September 9, 2009 i have a ticker, not when cold though. when she warms up, the party begins... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisSD Posted September 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2009 i have a ticker, not when cold though. when she warms up, the party begins... Mine is worst when cold, then settles to whats on the video. That is NOT normal, no matter what anyone says. If it's JUST an annoyance, Ford should be able to say WHAT PART it is, and that it's normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisSD Posted September 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2009 I emailed several people at Ford, very high up. All replied. Later a woman named Lynn from "Ford Executive Offices" called me. They are sending a Ford Service Engineer and a Ford Powertrain Engineer to the dealer. Will keep updated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlloyDropTop Posted September 11, 2009 Report Share Posted September 11, 2009 I emailed several people at Ford, very high up. All replied. Later a woman named Lynn from "Ford Executive Offices" called me. They are sending a Ford Service Engineer and a Ford Powertrain Engineer to the dealer. Will keep updated. ChrisSD, When you get to discussing with the engineers, can you please find out if they think any level of that noise is "normal"? Mine does it a bit, too, but I think significantly less than your video seems to suggest. I just want to know if I need to pursue something, or if I just consider it a "trait" of the 5.4.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allenjh Posted September 11, 2009 Report Share Posted September 11, 2009 Thanks roadpig. One thing I hate about myself is I am an engineer by trade ( nothing mechanical or automotive based tho ) and I hear and overanalyze EVERYTHING!!! Just put your pocket protectors over your ears and your problem will be solved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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