96 ram 1500 5.9 engine tick and noise

mra · May 15, 2016

Hi all,

My truck has been making a tapping noise for about 5k miles now and im wondering what it might be. Any insight would be helpful. I posted some videos on youtube if you can check em out and see what you think.

thank you

https://youtu.be/OXhp2oRLRiA
https://youtu.be/lBVgjNuOMEE

dudeman2009 · May 15, 2016

I don't have very good hearing, but i'm pretty sure I heard two different things going on.

The first video really sounds like a bad bearing, aside from the normal valve noise. I would check everything connected to the serpentine belt. Just get yourself a 3/8in drive ratchet and insert it into the tensioner arm to remove the belt easily. Then spin everything by hand, A/C, alternator, tensioner pully and, water pump. I'm guessing one of those is bad.

The second video sounds a lot like valve noise to me, based on what I can hear of the valve train in the first video you might need to service it.

How many total miles on the truck?

dapepper9 · May 15, 2016

+1. 3/8 drive ratchet with a 15mm socket. Pull the belt and check all the pulleys. If you don't find anything or after you fix what you find, if the nose persists, pull valve covers and look for broken ****

Gr8bawana · May 16, 2016

dapepper9 said:
+1. 3/8 drive ratchet with a 15mm socket. Pull the belt and check all the pulleys. If you don't find anything or after you fix what you find, if the nose persists, pull valve covers and look for broken ****

Yes do this first. One time I had an alernator that was still working properly but started making an awful screeching grinding type of noise.

96 ram 1500 5.9 engine tick and noise

mra

Junior Member

dudeman2009

Senior Member

dapepper9

Senior Member

Gr8bawana

Senior Member

Similar threads

Latest posts

Members online

Forum statistics

Share this page