A_mod_too_far
Senior Member
You sure it's not manifolds or injectors you're hearing . By now if you had a lifter ticking and going south,it should of went south,lol
I had both manifolds done at a shop and replaced the injectors myself just to be sure. Now I cant guarentee I dont have some other exhaust leak, but it sure sounds ticky even at full temp, I gave up trying to diagnose the sound though at this point. I also havent seen any signs of metal in oil, also confirmed by blackstone oil anaylsis. Damned mystery though, she ticks like a loud ass **** though.
Side note, I do also have the mds coast down tick coming from the cam phaser which was a separate rabbit hole. But i wasnt going to try and fix that unless i went for a full cam and lifter job.