The Ticking of our Engines

[06SRT10]

I went to Home Depot today to pick up some stuff that I had ordered. When I backed in to load the stuff I was next to a guy & his teen aged son loading some lumber into their Chevy P/U. He started telling his son all about my truck, 80% of it was wrong. Since it was 112 degrees here today I left the truck & air condition running. The son asked his dad why my engine was making a ticking sound. The father said "There are two kinds of lifters, Hydraulic & Solid. Most vehicles have the hydraulic, which are quiet, but high performance engines like the Viper engine have solid lifters & make that ticking sound. So the ticking sound = solid lifters = high performance engine.
In the future when asked about the ticking sound of my engine I'm saying it's because of solid lifters.

 

[VenomTruck]

I tell people it's a non turbo V6 diesel

 

[runningonvenom]

Just tell them there is a bomb under the hood and that's why we drive so fast to get it out of the area :burnout:

 

[THEWELSHM]

they are definitely rattily old bitches.


thewelhm

 

[s8taxatty]

Shake, rattle and roll.....:burnout:

 

[ViperCLKGTR]

If it ain't ticking it's either A.) Heavy oil or B.)Something is broke haha

Get use to it, every now and then you'll hear guys who think they know it all.

 

[VenomTruck]

And just for the record, if you dont like the ticking, you can run 15w50 and it goes away almost completely. Thats what I use. GREAT oil pressure too.

 

[Itsmekylep]

And just for the record, if you dont like the ticking, you can run 15w50 and it goes away almost completely. Thats what I use. GREAT oil pressure too.

I changed to 15w50 as well. It really helped. Especially for our heat.

 

[VenomTruck]

yep..