E350 Super Duty Triton V10
We are back for some more help trying to sort out issues with this camper which has sat for a couple of years unused by our in-laws. The vehicle makes a tick, tick, ticking noise on start up when i...
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mogman wrote:
V-10 is an overhead cam engine, so no lifters to stick.
If the "tick"noise subsides as the engine warms up, most likely culprit is an exhaust leak at a header...broken bolt.
The V10 does have lifters, to automatically adjust valve lash (Asian over-head cam motors required adjustments, even up into the 2000's). They are hydraulic, so unless there's an oil quality problem they rarely have issues, and as I mentioned above, I agree with your assessment its probably an exhaust leak.
