I took our 09 Ram 5.7 Crew in again for service on Jan. 3rd for the chirp noise and other issues. What a waist of my time and gas money. Three service staff acted like they could not hear the chirp till a 65 year old customer that followed us out to my truck said he could hear it. They claimed that they have been in contact with Dodge and that Dodge doesn't know anything about the noise we have on our 09 Rams. I told them about the water pump claims and also gave them this forum site since they don't want to believe me about many other people having the same noise. Approximately four months ago they pulled a black 09 Ram around for me to listen to and it made the cricket (chirp) sound worse then our truck. On Jan. 3rd they started up a new 2010 Ram and let it warm up, it never did start to make the cricket sound. We also have bad chrome clad 20" wheels and chrome rear bumper. I guess Dodge wants a class action dropped on them.

 

if at all possible,
Try new dealership

 

I am having the same noise. Can't view your YouTube videos so if you would repost that would help. Mine sounds like belt noise from the back of the engine. Is this also what you hear? Do you hear it under the pass and driver doors? Do you hear a singing noise echo off of walls? Dealer told
Me it was valve spring noise echoing through the exhaust. It sure is irritating. The hitter the engine gets, the "chirpier" it gets. Kind of a pulsating whistle. Let me know if this is what you experienced. I would lobe to hear yours too.

 

Man I hate auto correct. Hitter = Hotter
Lobe = Love

 

Tension Throtlle Pully

 

My 09 Ram started making a clicking sound that sounds like tappet or lifter noise. It only happens when cold and goes away after about 2 minutes. It always returns when the engine cools for more than 30 minutes. It only started doing it at about 30K miles. Have any of you seen this before?

 

Well, it's not a pulley. Looks like it is valve train noise of some sort. After running Syntec, I dumped the oil 2500 km in and put a Mobil 1 filter with YB Pennzoil 5w20 in. Noise was instantly cut by 20-30%. Pulled my trailer for about 2500km on that oil and filter, and now the noise is barely noticeable after being run to running temp. It is slightly more pronounced after pulling, but still working reasonable engine running noise IMO. Not to say that this will help anyone else, but it DID make a HUGE difference in my engine. And the debate continues. Dino or Syn. Think I will stuck with the Yellow Bottle for now. If anyone has insight please post. My thoughts were that the Pennzoil maintains it's viscosity under heat better. Not saying it lubricates better than Syntec though. But maybe that's part of the issue.

 

I have heard if the friction modifyers in high end Synthetics causing strange problems in the 6.1 Hemi. Just a thought.

 

I did not want to bias anyone's opinion, so I did not mentioned it, but my noise started about 500 miles after changing the oil to Mobil 1. I have run mineral base, semi-syn, and full synthetic before with no problems. It was pretty clear to me that the Mobil 1 caused my noise to start. At the next change, I will move back to mineral stock and see if some build up will tighten things enough to stop the noise. I usually rotate types and brands of oil rather than using one particular, but I will avoid Mobil 1 because it may be too clean with too much detergent.

 

My only other thoughts is because the ticking goes away so quickly after start up and returns after cool down is that it is in the exhaust system. It could be a cracked manifold or failed donut gasket or something. Wasn't there some exhaust manifold issues in the past?