BAD NEWS on engine tick... TSB

utlonghorns416 · Sep 30, 2011

I think he is around 40-50k , mine does it and Im at 22k.

StrokerTurbo7.3 · Oct 1, 2011

Does a video do the tick justice or is it hard to hear? Just curious because i dont know anyone with a 6.7.

Dzlnut · Oct 1, 2011

Duramax engines have the same tick, my 04 LLY did it GM says it is normal sound.

DEEZUZ · Oct 1, 2011

JD3020 said:
Actually you can, you just gotta pop it in neutral, shut the motor off, and fight the wheel to turn it. LOL

Yeap!!

Dieselcraft · Oct 2, 2011

Another tsb to say sir your 60k truck is ok and the tech the time you spent pulling this vehicle into your stall well were not going to pay you. Lol typical
there's a smiular tsb out for 2011 f150 for shift concern. Weve seen lots of those.

had a customer complain about tick but have heard it with the noise covers off of the 6.7l at idle it's loud

TXGLASSMAN · Oct 5, 2011

im at a little over 16k with mine and it does it as well, all tho it became more noticable after the dpf, egr delete, and tuner modification that i did to mine at 10k

6L strokin · Oct 6, 2011

i think the mileage affects the tick more than anything... i think most people are just doing all the deletes before it starts getting bad and thinking thats what caused it... i had around 30K on mine before the exhaust and it did it plenty bad before!

Big Angry Hillbilly · Jan 2, 2012

You also have to remember that the fuel injectors on a 6.7 aren't covered by a rocker cover anymore. Yes, they do have sound deadening covers on 'em but there's different stuff on a 6.7 that makes different noises.

I wouldn't lose a whole lot of sleep over it. If it bothers you THAT much, advance the piss out of the injection timing at idle and make 'er rattle. Lose the pilot-style injection too. It'll sound like a 6V53 detroit.

6L strokin · Jan 2, 2012

mine now seems to do it a lot worse right when i get the oil changed... the further alone an oil change it goes, the less it does it..... when its about time to change it again, it all but stops the tick totally.... then gotta change oil again! LOL

Ad8 PRODIGY · Jan 2, 2012

6L strokin said:
its not a quiet engine with what sounds similar to a header bolt exhaust leak on a 99-03 F150 lol

Been there... A few of my friends actually asked if it was a diesel!

Halvy85 · Sep 10, 2012

I just had the oil changed on my 6.4 and noticed a change in the way the engine sounded. I crawled under it and heard a slight tick and came on here to look for answers. Does switching from the Motorcraft to a different oil really change the engine noise this much? Or do I have a different problem. The tick seems to rev in sync with the motor.

Jarrod B · Sep 10, 2012

StrokerTurbo7.3 said:
How annoying could it possibly be?

You guys have never owned a 7.3 have you?

I have. 2 of them. So that wouldn't bother me since the 7.3s we had were loud as hell.

6L strokin said:
mine now seems to do it a lot worse right when i get the oil changed... the further alone an oil change it goes, the less it does it..... when its about time to change it again, it all but stops the tick totally.... then gotta change oil again! LOL

Built in oil change reminder!

SAK · Sep 10, 2012

Mine use to have the tick after the first oil change. I was using Rotella first then switched to Valvoline blue, and it was still ticking. I switched to Valvoline Extreme Blue and the ticking has gone away.

I have a feeling the ticking is cause due to a lack of oil flow when the oil is fresh.

Jarrod B · Sep 10, 2012

Btw what's a 7.0?

Quando omni flunkus, moritati.

java · Sep 10, 2012

My dads 6.7 has the tick, the service adviser at ford said its a check valve somewhere behind the engine but its nothing to worry about..

lawkmlaw · Dec 11, 2015

:gethim:

sootie · Dec 11, 2015

lawkmlaw said:
:gethim:

wtf dude :shrug:

BuiltPowerStrokeTough · Dec 11, 2015

sootie said:
wtf dude :shrug:

Look at all three posts this guy has. Hes just posted a different emoticon only, on 3 different threads that are all multiple years old in 6.0 and 6.4 sections as well. Seems like a great start on this forum for this guy haha

dsmracing1 · Dec 11, 2015

All Diesel engines do this nowadays. One of our ******d Dodges came to work just after an oil change with the typewriter tick. My old LML Duramax did the same thing too. My Ford does it as well so I'm not too concerned about it...