hi everyone great forum, my o5 ram hemi that has only 30,000 miles on it only gets driven about 250 miles a month since i work away from home, well i get home tonight a run into the garage and fire my baby up and there is a ticking sound coming from the top side of the passenger side of the engine, is this the infamous hemi tick or has the chaos theory come into play, any ideas or thoughts would be greatly apprecieated before i go camp out at the dealership waiting for them to open tomorrow morning

 

idk how prevalent the tick is in the 05's, but that is where i hear mine in my 03. check your oil level too. mine is loudest when the oil is just a little off.

 

Probably the normal tick. Mine really does not do it. On occasion when cold I can hear it, but that is it.

Make sure oil is full and use 5W-20.

 

check the oil, it was rite on target, took the truck for a cruise around the block and after it warmwd up the tick wasnt even hardly noticeable

 

Use syth oil. Your truck sits and needs the added protection of syntetic oil.

 

Change to Amsoil. My tick went away after putting in the Amsoil. I use the SSO 0W/30 Amsoil which is a 35,000 mile synthetic.

 

thanx for the replys