It does it real bad when i am driving. when it is in park you can barely hear it. what is it? i have been told it is a lift knocking.
2006-12-12 14:22:10 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ Ford
It's impossible for us to tell with your description. It might even be difficult for a trained Ford technician who troubleshoots it (although they are usually good at this stuff).
IT could be a valve lifter. IT could be a thrown rod / main bearing. It could be piston slap. It could be any number of other things, including a loose exhaust heat shield or a bad CV joint.
Take it to a reputable mechanic, and pay to find out what is wrong w/ the car.
2006-12-12 14:25:57 · answer #1 · answered by geek49203 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i know its a stupid question, but have you checked the oil level recently? are you overdue on a oil change? if the oil is low, not enough reaches the top end, so the valves start to tap (rattle). when you go over on an oil change, oil starts burning off and you can lose oil that way. if those are fine, the may need to have the valves adjusted. how many miles on it? could also be spark knock, a condition when carbon buildup hardens on the piston heads and you hear it hitting the spark plug perhaps. kinda of hard to say without hearing it. why dont you hold it a little closer to the computer....haha. just kidding. hope this helps
2006-12-12 15:41:41 · answer #2 · answered by john m 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a knocking rattling noise is more like a water pump.
check movement in the fan bearing .
a stuck lifter will be more of a ticking noise.
you can use a small stick to your ear(if your careful) and listen to the area of the engine that is making the noise. or you can buy a mechanics stethoscope.they are cheep. then it is easy to pinpoint the noise and the problem.
2006-12-12 14:31:15 · answer #3 · answered by jamesd 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the basic flickering ability the oil stress is low at idle. in all possibility using wiped out bearings on the rods and mains. camshaft bushings will also positioned on and reason stress loss. with each and each and every of the positioned on i'm gonna wager that the noise you're listening to is a knocking type of noise. which may be the bearings being worn good out and per chance desinagrated on one or extra connecting rods causing the rod to hammer on the crankshaft. it receives louder as you go speedier and quieter as you decelerate..if undesirable adequate will reason stalling. this can be what ought to nicely be a blown engine..you want a sparkling one. of coarse, that's in problem-free words hypothesis as you haven't advised us what type of noise it truly is. examples: grinding, knocking, whining, popping, damn and so on.
2016-11-26 00:02:03 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah it's your lifters. happened to my mom's ford too but there was 10 miles left on the warranty so the garage sanded down the head to make it quiet again.
2006-12-12 14:24:21 · answer #5 · answered by assmouth p 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋