Okay, so let me start by saying that I have searched up and down and get a lot of info, but nothing definitive. I have what sounds like a lifter tick coming from the drivers side rear of the motor. It only make the sound when hot and at or just above idle. In other words, in clears up when oil pressure is restored.
I read dozens of posts. Some claiming it was spark plug threads (I pulled the plugs and checked that out) so saying they replaced lifters and had the noise leave for a while and return, some have blamed an exhaust heat shield.
Since it only does it under the circumstances described, I can say that it isn't some exhaust thing and it isn't a lose plug.
I bought the car a couple weeks ago with 11k on the odometer and clean as can be. Traded in my terminator for it. The first night I noticed the lifter tick in a drive through. I immediately took a look and noticed that the car calls for 5w50 and it had some cheap carquest filter and some conventional looking oil. I rad to the dealer the next day and picked up the ford racing filter and 9 quarts of 5w50 MC. That didn't help at all.
I do have a warranty but I trust dealer mechanics about as much as my dentists assistant that he bones on the side.
I have seen plenty of threads where people swear by 10w40 amsoil in this application and a few cases where people state that it cleared up the lifter tick. Can anyone say without a doubt that they changed oil weight and it cleared up lifter noise?
My terminator which was basically the same motor (same lifters, same oil pump and same overall oil design) ran great on the recommended 5w30 or 5w20. Does this car call for 5w50 because of the piston squirters or the oil cooler? I don't know what advantage there would be to the heavy weight.
To the people who have had a different weight help, is that the 10W or the w450 part that helps? Is it too thick or too thin. I would rather run an oil I can pickup locally. I am half tempoted to drain the $100 worth of oil in it and refill with my leftover mobil 1 5w30 and mobil 1 filter I still have on the shelf for the old terminator.
I read dozens of posts. Some claiming it was spark plug threads (I pulled the plugs and checked that out) so saying they replaced lifters and had the noise leave for a while and return, some have blamed an exhaust heat shield.
Since it only does it under the circumstances described, I can say that it isn't some exhaust thing and it isn't a lose plug.
I bought the car a couple weeks ago with 11k on the odometer and clean as can be. Traded in my terminator for it. The first night I noticed the lifter tick in a drive through. I immediately took a look and noticed that the car calls for 5w50 and it had some cheap carquest filter and some conventional looking oil. I rad to the dealer the next day and picked up the ford racing filter and 9 quarts of 5w50 MC. That didn't help at all.
I do have a warranty but I trust dealer mechanics about as much as my dentists assistant that he bones on the side.
I have seen plenty of threads where people swear by 10w40 amsoil in this application and a few cases where people state that it cleared up the lifter tick. Can anyone say without a doubt that they changed oil weight and it cleared up lifter noise?
My terminator which was basically the same motor (same lifters, same oil pump and same overall oil design) ran great on the recommended 5w30 or 5w20. Does this car call for 5w50 because of the piston squirters or the oil cooler? I don't know what advantage there would be to the heavy weight.
To the people who have had a different weight help, is that the 10W or the w450 part that helps? Is it too thick or too thin. I would rather run an oil I can pickup locally. I am half tempoted to drain the $100 worth of oil in it and refill with my leftover mobil 1 5w30 and mobil 1 filter I still have on the shelf for the old terminator.
