# Ticking Noise.. **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [September 24, 2006, 11:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ticking-noise/17942 "2006-09-24T11:30:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DrDoS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ccd318/32.png) [@DrDoS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DrDoS)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2006, 11:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ticking-noise/17942/1 "2006-09-24T11:30:38Z")
Last night finally finished putting on the new turbo and so forth… Before the turbo broke i heard this ticking noise in the engine bay… it happend right after i got tunned and could finally put a load on the engine… i thought it was the turbo and 2 days the thing broke… so last night i start the car up and rev it up a bit, and the noise is still there… it sounds like to me a valve/lifter tick to me but i am not sure… here is a video of the noise … Right Click save as its about 9 secs after then again at 12 and at the end… what do you think it is? ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2006, 11:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ticking-noise/17942/2 "2006-09-24T11:34:59Z")
You sure its not a misfire? ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2006, 11:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ticking-noise/17942/3 "2006-09-24T11:38:39Z")
again: it’s spelled tuning. actually, sounds exactly like my subaru did when i spun a rod bearing. you’re fucked. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2006, 11:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ticking-noise/17942/4 "2006-09-24T11:52:27Z")
lol newman ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2006, 12:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ticking-noise/17942/5 "2006-09-24T12:07:21Z")
seriously. it would only knock when i let off the gas and let it spin down. ran fine and boosted fine otherwise. They pulled open the motor and found catastrophic damage. ---
**Author:** ![zwarbyt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zwarbyt/32/7623_2.png) [@zwarbyt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/zwarbyt)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2006, 12:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ticking-noise/17942/6 "2006-09-24T12:08:31Z")
not good ---
**Author:** ![dmoffitt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dmoffitt/32/7455_2.png) [@dmoffitt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dmoffitt)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2006, 12:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ticking-noise/17942/7 "2006-09-24T12:20:33Z")
that sounds BAD. sound like it’s coming from the bottom end? ---
**Author:** ![DrDoS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ccd318/32.png) [@DrDoS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DrDoS)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2006, 12:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ticking-noise/17942/8 "2006-09-24T12:22:25Z")
> [@dmoffitt](#): > > that sounds BAD. sound like it’s coming from the bottom end? no, top. ---
**Author:** ![RedConquestTSi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/redconquesttsi/32/7326_2.png) [@RedConquestTSi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RedConquestTSi)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2006, 12:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ticking-noise/17942/9 "2006-09-24T12:23:28Z")
Sounds like a rod bearing to me. Sounds just like when I spun the bearings in my Starion…never good. HOWEVER, it could also be spark knock/detonation. But it truly sounds like rod knock. ---
**Author:** ![ImportMuscle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/importmuscle/32/7615_2.png) [@ImportMuscle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ImportMuscle)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2006, 12:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ticking-noise/17942/10 "2006-09-24T12:36:14Z")
Poor Dr Dos ☹ ---
**Author:** ![RedConquestTSi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/redconquesttsi/32/7326_2.png) [@RedConquestTSi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RedConquestTSi)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2006, 12:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ticking-noise/17942/11 "2006-09-24T12:37:30Z")
You mentioned in the other thread, that you had removed the Oil Sump, and cleaned it out. When you reinstalled it, did you align the sump tube with the pump correctly, and+or replace the seal/o-ring that seals the sump to the oil pump? My buddy chuck did this on his Conquest but failed to replace the o-ring to the sump. Pump sucked in air, and bearings ran dry, spun bearings. Also, if this noise was around around the time of when the 1st turbo gave up, it could have been from oil starvation? Maybe it’s too late? Just some food for thought. ---
**Author:** ![dmoffitt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dmoffitt/32/7455_2.png) [@dmoffitt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dmoffitt)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2006, 1:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ticking-noise/17942/12 "2006-09-24T13:49:55Z")
could also be a stuck / noisy lifter? ---
**Author:** ![turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbo_ls1_ss/32/7303_2.png) [@turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/turbo_ls1_ss)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2006, 2:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ticking-noise/17942/13 "2006-09-24T14:42:21Z")
shoulda stayed stock ---
**Author:** ![nitroinsane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d26b3c/32.png) [@nitroinsane](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/nitroinsane)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2006, 2:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ticking-noise/17942/14 "2006-09-24T14:49:45Z")
it is a knock. my tech thinks dos may be lucky and its valve float i however think its rodknock. it also has a whole bunch of random misfire codes ---
**Author:** ![chino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@chino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/chino)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2006, 2:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ticking-noise/17942/15 "2006-09-24T14:55:56Z")
> [@turbo ls1 ss](#): > > shoulda stayed stock +1 that doesn’t sound like a valve tick… ---
**Author:** ![MikeRi24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@MikeRi24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MikeRi24)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2006, 3:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ticking-noise/17942/16 "2006-09-24T15:02:15Z")
i kno that sound allllll too well…rod bearing (s). u think its the top end, but its not. trust me, i fucked around with mine for a week thinking it was the top end and tried figuring out what it was. then Fuzzy came over and we drained the oil and there was a shitload of metal in it. heres my theory of what happened to your car: u spun a rod bearing (s) --\> metal shaving go into the oil --\> oil goes into turbo --\> metal shavings in oil fuck with turbo --\> turbo goes kaboom ---
**Author:** ![Freek](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/freek/32/7357_2.png) [@Freek](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Freek)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2006, 3:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ticking-noise/17942/17 "2006-09-24T15:08:28Z")
with how “hard” the sound seems i’m going with a rod knock. sounds just like a little piston slapity slap slap on the head. ---
**Author:** ![tour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f07891/32.png) [@tour](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tour)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2006, 3:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ticking-noise/17942/18 "2006-09-24T15:08:40Z")
spun rod bearing alowing for the piston to tap the head=you thinking its in the top end. ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2006, 3:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ticking-noise/17942/19 "2006-09-24T15:12:38Z")
wow man, you just keep getting fucked i dont wanna be dick but i think you may have jinx’d yourself with saying how many ppl have reliably turbo’d these cars ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2006, 3:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ticking-noise/17942/20 "2006-09-24T15:21:20Z")
> [@tour](#): > > spun rod bearing alowing for the piston to tap the head=you thinking its in the top end. lol… is the squishband that narrow? [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ticking-noise/17942.md?page=2)