Truck sat today till about 5:00 p.m. Went to start it up,sounded like there was no oil in for about 3 seconds . You could here the lifters really loud at that time? 2400 miles on the hemi .

 

Any indication of low oil pressure? Will be interesting to see if it does it again after sitting for 12 to 24 hours.

 

was it really cold there? did you check the oil level?

 

Went out to eat after the start , DID NOT DO IT . Pressure was good ??????

 

Must have been the engine gnomes or the noise was in your head

 

Not gnomes, my valves have rattled at start up too. 610 miles.
My oil is full and my pressure is good. All mass production engines takes a second to build pressure. Its that second or two..no big deal. Push rod type more than OHC or DOHC.
Its the low weight oil draining out of the top end into the pan and/or cold play.

 

Maybe a faulty anti-drain back valve on the oil filters

 

Change the oil, use 5w-20 of course for the MDS, the trucks sit for a while after the engines are tested and driven around the lot, on and off the truck etc.

 

Started it 6:40 p.m. no noise , oil is full ??????? Don't know what it could have been ????

 

My 03 and 05 always had a slight lifter noise. I put over 50K on both and never had a problem.