hey all i was wondering if any one had any ideas ... i'm actully starting to get pissed ....and embarassed to drive my Durango .. heres the Deal last june i bought a 2000 Dodge Durango ... it was a Repo make offer i was the only one to make offer and my offer was $650 .. so i got a hella deal on it anyways ..Day one i noticed when i drove it home had a small tick so i got home and investigated it .... i know its not coming from lower end ... its in the upper .. now heres the thing i cant pin point where on the upper ... if you listen on drivers side it sounds like its coming from Drivers side ... but listen on Pas side .. then noise comes over there ... Also was Coming up with Missfire #6 Cyl .. so i changed all Spark plugs and noticed the electrodes were Shot i mean almost .120 Gap !! i dont know how it ran but it did .. i still have the Plugs ! .. well that Didnt fix it ... So i changed the Coil on #6 thinkin maybe was Spark issue ? still no help ... Changed oil Still nothing .. when u start it up Cold .. u can hear it bad ! when warms up ... Cant hear much but can still tell its their .. when it idles is a tick tick tick ... but when ur driving it slow its a Tick Tick Tick ... but when you get on it ... it makes Almost a Popping noise ... but at i belive ? 3500 rpm you Cant hear it ? now i did everything i could .. to Clean maybe i thought Sludge Build up ? so i tried everything ..to clean it ... Sea Foam .. Lucas ... Z-max Crap ... i tryed Valvoline max life Synthetic 5-w30... thats the only thing Wrong with it .. other than that it was a Steal for $650 .. heated Leather Seats .... 3rd Row seating .. the works ... so if anyone can help me out !? please let me know ? am i going to have to change the Lifters ? (hydrolic Lash) ? this is the only vech. i have and the only was of transportation for me and my 2 yr old Daughter im afraid my trucks gonna go soon lol ...

 

any help ?

 

Maybe try a higher octane fuel for now until you find out what the problem is. did you pour the seafoam in to a vac hose to clean the intake?

 

i been Running high octane gas at gasstation Shell with V-power .... a few times i even tryed Octane booster .. but i have not Tryed Seafoam in the Vac lines ..

 

which engine do you have, the 4.7 or the 5.9???

on teh 4.7 they tend to "tick" for about a min after starting, mine has done that since it was driven out of the showroom brand new (as per my parents who bought it new, it was the floor model

i second seafoam in the vac line and maybe time for a tune up

 

His post says 4.7L ^^^^^

Sounds like a valve.

 

i got a comp test done they said it wasnt a valve ? it was perfect Comp all 8 cyl

 

Did you check your distributor cap and rotor.......
If the tick is the product of combustion wear a pair of gloves and remove one spark plug wire at a time with the engine on.
after you check the cap,rotor and wires=if you mist the wires at dark you might see if the wires are arcing....
If nothing changes the tick with the plug wire test it's probably mechanical{lifter, pushrod bent.worn out rocker arm etc}...
also if you have one check the engine vaccum witha gauge-if it's steady your good...If erratic it could be a valve etc...
Only a leak down test of each cylinder with the valve train completely loose=so the valves are completely shut can rule out a bad valve etc......
You can get a large chunk of carbon crud from those plugs not firing right to get stuck on a valve seat=Seafoam like Shrp said the engine running can dislodge it.
also an old timer method is to mist water into the throttle body with the engine running and revving the motor will using a fine mist spray bottle to mist the water in =no very much is needed and don't rev the engine past 3000rpm
How many miles on the motor?????? One last thing you say a popping noise=like marbles in a tin aka detenation?---
If so then check your intake gasket.
pull the pcv valve and the breather hose to airhat=block off the pcv hole in the valve cover with a finger ant the same to the breather hose hole in valve cover on opposite side-
If you get vaccum feel from your fingertips have someone raise the rpms=if more vaccum is felt the gaskets of the intake plenum need to be resealed...
You can also find outer intake leaks by using an UNLIT propane torch around the area where the intake meets the heads =if the idle goes up then you have found the leak=the propane will get sucked in and raise the rpms

 

I will say v-power is a super gas to use. It should keep every thing clean
Seafoam does a great job in a 5.2 mag watch the smoke blow
can you say smoke screen

 

yeah, it makes the yard safe from skeeters before the big bbq's....