Oil pressure /ticking issue
#1
09-07-2018, 08:26 AM
Oil pressure /ticking issue
i have been searching the forums but before I start tearing things apart again I want to make sure I am on the right track. I have a 03 D2. I have a ticking that sounds like a lifter only when it is warm. I have replaced the lifters, push rods, and disassembled the rocker arms and cleaned a ton of crap out of them and put it all back together and still have ticking. I am running 10w40 Rotella with Lucas oil stabilizer as recommended here. I have an oil pressure gauge on order. The motor was really dirty. If I bring the RPMs up over 4K it quiets up. This leads me to believe I have low oil pressure. Is my next step, after confirming low pressure, to pull the oil pan and check for sluge and make sure the pick up is clean and if that is all okay change the oil pump? I do not have any indicators of a slipped sleeve. The plugs were nasty and no steam cleaned heads. It seems to mainly be the front lifters that the noise is coming from. UPDATED TEMPS WHEN TICKING IN COMMENTS BELOW! Thank you!
Eric
Eric
Last edited by EAustin494; 09-09-2018 at 05:35 PM. Reason: Updated info in replies!
#2
09-07-2018, 09:48 AM
TReK
#3
09-07-2018, 10:38 AM
#4
09-07-2018, 06:20 PM
Camel Trophy
Get a cheap mechanical oil pressure gauge. Remove one of the plugs from the area around the oil filter housing, take it to Oreilly and get a plug with matching threads. Drill and tap the center for the gauge fitting. Install and check oil pressure to match spec.
Double check the rocker arms where installed correctly. There is an oil feed oil in the shafts that goes on the bottom arms, not the tops. Make sure they are positioned correctly.
Get an elm327 off Amazon and a obd2 app and check what temperature the ticking starts - check it two or three different times. If it starts at the same temperature every time, it is slipped sleeve. They usually start ticking between 150 to 200 degrees. If you are lucky and it is above 180, do the bypass thermostat mod and never look back.
If it is low oil pressure, see the low oil pressure thread in this section.
Double check the rocker arms where installed correctly. There is an oil feed oil in the shafts that goes on the bottom arms, not the tops. Make sure they are positioned correctly.
Get an elm327 off Amazon and a obd2 app and check what temperature the ticking starts - check it two or three different times. If it starts at the same temperature every time, it is slipped sleeve. They usually start ticking between 150 to 200 degrees. If you are lucky and it is above 180, do the bypass thermostat mod and never look back.
If it is low oil pressure, see the low oil pressure thread in this section.
#5
09-07-2018, 06:30 PM
Oil pressure gauge showed up today. I do have a code reader that will read temp. I will check what temp it starts at. I bought a pancake adapter to hook up the oil gauge. The motor has 210k miles. I was lead to believe that if it was going to slip a sleeve it would have done it long ago. Is that wrong? Thanks
#7
09-08-2018, 06:31 AM
No it has done it since I have owned it. I have had it for about five months. The PO said it has done it for a long time. However long that may be. If it is a slipped sleeve I would almost think it would have trashed the motor by now. But it runs as smooth as could be and has tons of power.
#9
09-09-2018, 08:21 AM
TReK