I am at lost. Another bad luck with my TV
Some of you may recall that I totaled my truck on the way to pickup a camper in January. Few moons later, I bought another truck and bought a different camper. Yesterday my wife drove the truck becaus...
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mr61impala wrote:
Not necessarily.
My co worker Garry L. has an F-150 3 valve 5.4L that he bought nearly new. He has had it for several years and he, being a Certified Caterpillar Tech, has done all of his own work. This truck has never towed anything and has only hauled a 4 wheeler in hunting season.
At 95k miles it developed the "tick" which he ignored, and a few weeks later it dropped a valve.
I don't know how your nuisance "tick" differs from his catastrophic "tick", but he followed that same line of reasoning and it cost him an engine.
He is of the opinion that the 2v 5.4L in his previous 1999 F-150 is a more durable engine.
I am of the opinion that if anything changes in your vehicle it should be checked out.
JMHO of course
Cam phaser can't "drop" a valve..
Basically what happens is the cam phaser as it wears no longer adjusts the cam timing, it is not "fatal" and basically reverts back to operation like it is a two valve engine.
Your coworker might know his stuff with a diesel but a 3v 5.4 is not a diesel.
The noise he heard most likely had nothing to do with the cam phasers..
