Posted on 03/29/2024 5:16:06 AM PDT by TermLimits4All
GM 5.3 Liter Ticking Noise. It’s not what you think it is
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sbypeije6gQ
Sounds like something a Chevy owner would do. SMDH…
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Yeah. And a Ram owner with the hemi 5 tick 7 V8 would expect a tick and just live with it. I recently saw a video from a certified Mopar mechanic that there are 7 common reasons why the 5.7 will tick.
Why? Why do people buy Rams?
Take off the radiator filler cap and put a FORD underneath it.
Thanks. Have heard of this but going with GM and the independent mechanic for the cam and lifters.
I’ve had Ford previously as well. This is the first of many Chevy trucks I’ve had an issue with.
I’ve been down this road myself with my Chev. The first thing to do is get a Range Technologies device to disable the AFM. Others talk about this being in the hundreds of dollars but I managed to find a used one that works fine for $40.
If you do end up with a stuck lifter, keep one of these links handy... quite interesting as a fellow has a way of getting them ‘unstuck’ without an engine teardown.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDsa-3wvHXw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pP7I5tbXsfw
Another link to keep handy....
https://www.lt1swap.com/afm_delete.htm This is the website of a smart dude in Missouri who programs ECMs to disable the AFM and does so quite inexpensively....
Best of luck with this.
Specialty Fasteners at 14856 Central Ave—Chino, Calif 91710
909-393-3999 or 909-393-6999 might be able to help you.
(Google & double check the phone info—DO NOT know why I have 2 different numbers)
They carry high tensile items for racing-—particularly Drag racing.
I bought a used 2011 Silverado that had just had a new engine put in at 100k miles. After finding out about the problems with that active fuel management (is that what the thing is called where it goes from 8 cylinders down to 4 cylinders?) I sent in my computer to some guy that disabled it. Now it runs on 8 all the time.
It wasn’t that much to disable it. Maybe $50 to the guy, and another $50 to FedEx. Probably isn’t worth doing on an old engine. My truck had a new engine with only 8000 miles on it.
My 2001 Chevy had the lifter tick fairly soon iirc. The mechanic said it wasn’t that big of a deal. Hit a deer at 160,000 miles and totaled the truck. Got rid of the tick.
For the active fuel management they say that the ticking is caused by poor lubrication when the 4 cylinders get shut down and something wears out on those 4 cylinders.
Wow that’s cheap. The going price around here is 500 dollars. I’m going to attempt it myself first.
That’s hilarious....only thing I could match is the throaty sound.
My 5.7 Hemi Ram has 300,000 miles on the original motor and no tick. My Hemi Charger has 250,000 on it, no tick. Good oil and filter at 5000 miles, limit idling, and enjoy the power.
Most ticks are broken exhaust manifold bolts. A very small percentage are lifter/cam failure, mostly from excessive idling. Because the repair cost is so high, a lot of noise is made of it.
Ram owners know to go to the Ram Forum to get vehicle specific advice,
Yes. I have a friend who also has that problem with his Ram. My lifter problem has been confirmed by two shops. One was the GM dealership, the other is the company I’m using for the install. I’d do it myself but there’s so much crap to disassemble just to get to everything. Plus I’m not as strong as I used to be and don’t want to risk messing the job up or messing myself up.
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