okay heres my info2000 dodge ram 1500 4wd QC 5.2 v8. The parts i have recently replaced within 8 thousand mile are. Tranny flushed and refilled check valve delete and cooler added. power steering cooler added. new cap and rotor(napa brass contacts).new wires(napa mid priced brand)new igntion coil(fromautozone)new valve cover gaskets. new thermo stat new bypass hose new radiator new water pump. new timing chain and gears. new front main seal and all the timing cover seals. new belly pan gasket(dorman gaksket with rtv)new bolts on belly pan new intake bolts new intake runner gaskets. thrush welded exhuast. k&n high flow drop in filter. I cleaned throttle body. Heres my proble. now i have noticed more so after i welded on my thrush exhuast that on my drivers side between 1500 and 2400 rpm im getting a ticking noise. louder sometimes than others and seemed to be louder when cold. some times you have to really try to hear it sometimes its loud enough u dont have to.i fig it was spark knock but once i fixed my belly pan (wich wasnt blown in the first place) as prevenitive matnice and re did my whole ignition system it was still there? hum i have tryed the following plugs ngk vpower factory champions Al 3923 copper Al 5224 copper Al 5224 double plat seemed to be the best out of all and it came with AL 5224 single plats i have at home a set of bosch ir fusion plugs i got for free and fig ied give a shot becuase i ran bosch in my 2003 3.0 ranger and 07 5.3 silverado with amazing results.im so pisssed i cant get rid of this tick my mech seems to think its nothing i just want to make sure it isnt going to be the death of my 108k motor.any info or input would be great. sorry for sucha long post thanky ou very much

 

damn, that's hard to read.

sounds like an exhaust leak. have you had the pipes off at the manifold? if so, recheck torque. any leaks in your pipes?

 

Try to use some punctuations and capitol letters at the beginning of sentences every now and then. I get a headache trying to read that and really have no idea what your issue is other than you have a ticking noise.

 

Sorry had to do it fast on my work computer i didnt mean to bother u guys.

 

Sorry i just fixed it a little bit once again didnt mean to give headaches. And my issue is the ticking.

 

I'd be thinking exhaust manifold or other exhaust leak since it is louder when cold. Have you been under the hood yet to try and pinpoint it?

 

Yeah no help tho. Maybe some break line as a stephascope.and it always goes away after 3k rpm?

 

Had the exact same problem on my 5.9 liter. As you speed up and go over 3 k the ticking goes away. My exhaust manifold was leaking because of a combo of broken bolts and bad gaskets. I had a mechanic do it because I didn't want to break more bolts but the problem was fixed. Hope this helps!

 

You can use a long screwdriver too. I picked one of these up at Harbor Freight Tools. For this price there should be no excuse not to have one in your tool box. It works great too!

http://www.harborfreight.com/mechani...ope-41966.html