Tick, tick, tick! What the heck?

JasonK94Z · Jan 1, 2017

New sound all of a sudden on my 2011 1500 hemi.
When the truck is cold and first started, I get a pretty loud ticking sound. About one tick per second. This lasts for about 20 seconds then it goes away. When the truck is already warmed up, no noise on startup.

I checked the heat shields on my exhaust manifolds. No movement from them, so are the manifold bolts still ok?

Possibly a lifter not pumping up right away?

Best I could tell, it's coming from the right side, near the rear.

Always ran Pennzoil Platinum 5w-20 and a Wix filter. Last oil change at 35k miles, I used 5 quarts of 5w-30 and two quarts of 5w-20.
Just hit 40k miles, due for an oil change again.

Anybody have any ideas? I need to troubleshoot this soon.

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shawn1112 · Jan 1, 2017

Sounds like the typical "Hemi Tick"

Burla · Jan 1, 2017

Redline Oil and Royal Purple filter, doesn't matter the weight 20 or 30. Use search.

RAMTRPR · Jan 1, 2017

Use a long piece of air hose and put one end on the manifold in question and the other end on your ear. You will know if it is lifter or broken manifold bolt by the sound you hear. One sound is clearly air escaping and one is a straight metal tapping sound.

My truck 2009 has 200k+ on her and I got the tick about 10k ago and it was manifold bolts. They were not loose but after a week of that sound getting worse they did get loose.

Good Luck

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DILLIGAF · Jan 1, 2017

You have broken header bolts

Time to upgrade to headers

LB3711 · Jan 1, 2017

mine ticks when cold on the passenger side also till it warms up. I'm pretty sire the manifold is leaking. Not a job I want to do soo I'm waiting till it gets worse

Markcuda · Jan 1, 2017

So, the "Hemi tick" is external?

LB3711 · Jan 1, 2017

nope. the other tick is the lifters making noise

Burla · Jan 1, 2017

Yup, it seams to be about a 50/50 chance whether it is lifters like mine was or exhaust bolts. It sounds exactly the same. Bigram1411 has the best answer to see if it is exhaust bolts.

JasonK94Z · Jan 1, 2017

I pray it's the exhaust manifold. Pulling heads to change lifters? Screw that!

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LB3711 · Jan 1, 2017

id rather have a leak than internal issues

JasonK94Z · Jan 1, 2017

I'd rather not spend a billion bucks for an oil change with Redline oil either. However, with only driving 8k miles a year, I suppose once a year is ok to change oil?

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Burla · Jan 1, 2017

I only change my oil every two years with redline and synthetic filter. Did UOA's and still had 3tbn, or in other words another year if I chose too. Oil was still in good shape, I drive about 5k a year but mostly city. My tick has been gone for 5 years plus with that oil. And it was horrible.

JasonK94Z · Jan 1, 2017

Burla said:
I only change my oil every two years with redline and synthetic filter. Did UOA's and still had 3tbn, or in other words another year if I chose too. Oil was still in good shape, I drive about 5k a year but mostly city. My tick has been gone for 5 years plus with that oil. And it was horrible.

Thank you. I may have to look into this further after all.

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JasonK94Z · Jan 1, 2017

Just started the truck this evening for the first time today. Warmer in the garage, tick wasn't as bad.
It's very similar to an exhaust leak sound. So much so, when I first heard it a few days ago, I thought my mufflex was leaking until I got under the truck and realized the noise is up front.

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Burla · Jan 1, 2017

Do what Bigram1411 suggested, that would at least verify and set your mind at ease.

JasonK94Z · Jan 1, 2017

Burla said:
Do what Bigram1411 suggested, that would at least verify and set your mind at ease.

Yep. Will get on it soon.

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JJP71584 · Jan 2, 2017

Had exactly the same thing in mine, dealer replaced the exhaust manifold bolts under warranty, no more tick

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DILLIGAF · Jan 2, 2017

JJP71584 said:
Had exactly the same thing in mine, dealer replaced the exhaust manifold bolts under warranty, no more tick

I assume they used the same factory OEM garbage to fix it ?, if they did it will happen again unfortunately.

I still cant believe this issues isn't a recall. Dodge using sub par parts and material to save a buck.

bcbouy · Jan 3, 2017

same here.manifold bolts,under warranty.

Tick, tick, tick! What the heck?

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