Hey guys i have a 2004 1500 4x4 with the famous hemi 50000 miles on truck 18000 miles on second motor first one sucked a valve now the new one is ticking it goes away with a little throttle but when back to idle a minute later it starts ticking is this normal? or maybe it may be a cummins and i didnt know it

 

My 2003 ticks away too. I think its normal but it has been suggested that a switch to a good synthetic oil will cure it.....I will be changing my oil this weekend before I haul my boat to Florida and I will let you know if it works
Steve

 

Infamous hemi tick would be my guess...

 

Cummins dont come in the 1500...

Although, if you had a diesel engine and didnt know it somehow, you would definitely have found out the first time you filled it up. haha

 

+ 1 lol,

im thinking maybe you need cooler plugs, or try a tank of of 93 octain gas

 

Nah.............it's the famous Hemi tick and it's a problem with very slightly short pushrods.
Al.

 

I myself am curious as to what the 'tick' sounds like...

myself I'm pushin the 4.7 and my brother has the hemi, his engine doesnt tick, i kind of want it to now so i can hear it. ha!

 

basically its the sound you get when you turn a vehicle off and the oil pings when its hot, its that sound just alot louder. its like taking a pebble and throwing it at a peice of tin or something.

 

Have you ever heard a mechanical lifter, that's out of adjustment?
Or for that matter a collapsed hydraulic lifter?

It's a metalic Tick Tick Tick sound, predominent at idle.

Al.

 

hey thanks guys i always run 92+ octane i live in az so i run valveoline 5-30 in winter and 10-30 in summer took it to dodge today they say that its one of the cleanest engines they have seen {because its the wifes truck} they said its fine. To me it almost sounds like i can hear the crank turning. I also have headers and it has a smoother idle than stock does anybody on here have a supercharger on this style of truck just checkin to see if better mpg