I think my problem is the lifters, on a cold start I get noise for about 10-15 seconds, on the 01 with 4.7 I believe I could have a clogged passage that's gets oil to the lifters, where are those located on the 4.7? thanks

they all make noise on start up what oil filter are you running

Napa Gold by Wix

what oil you running and whens the last time you checked it

I am running M1 5w30 synthetic right now I have ran a qt of Rislone in the crankcase, then changed the oil again, did not really help. I checked the level and its on the full mark.

you should be running M1 10w30

in the manual it says to use 5w30 for the 4.7? would 10w30 work better?

mine is also a 01 4.7l it says 10w30 lol stupid manuals 5w30 is to light you only need to run when the temp is below 0 degrees

that could be causing the ticking the noise your hearing

Thanks, I will have to switch it out to 10w30 do you think the Napa gold filters are good and have a good anti-drainback valve?