Hi all,
My rs2000 escort makes this ticking/rattling sound for a few minutes when started for the first time in the morning.
If I switch the car off then start it again straight after it normally goes away. I dont understand this.
Does anyone know what it could be and how to sort it?
It's been going on for over a year and does not affect anything apart from being noisy.
MkV Rs2000, '92, 122k. Regular oil changes.
Best Regards,
Chris
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Sounds like a lazy hydraulic valve lifter (tappet). You could try an engine oil flush and new oil to see if it will cure it.
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Yea 've tried that a couple of times...
Anyone got any other suggested fixes other then taking the head off and, I presume, simply replacing the duff lifter?
Cheers
Chris
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Are you using genuine Ford parts for the oil changes? Concern has been expressed in the past about even quality parts not being exactly to spec. I seem to think it was something along the lines of oil filters that don't contain one way valves that stop the oil draining back to the sump.
Steve.
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I assume it is a regular tick, is so use a long screw driver and place it on and around the engine and com cover to trace the source of the tick. You say Tick/Rattle they may not be related I have come across the source of a cold rattle as being a cracked weld on the heat sheild of the cat. Good Luck Peter
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Well its weird..its very regular.
it almost sounds like its coming from the injection system.
there is a normal quiet tick which is supposed to be there but this one is louder and goes away...
Its deffo mechanical...not like a rubbing sound for instance.
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