I should note, they are 60# injectors.

 

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Surprised I haven't got more feedback yet. I have read every post regarding "the tick" and every post that contained the words "noisy injector". The noise I hear isn't piston slap because this only becomes audible once fully warm. It doesn't sound deep enough to be a piston or such. The tick is coming from the top of the motor, passenger side.

Do injectors make more noise once warm? When its a cold start and I use the same heater hose method, I still hear it. However the tick is much more quite, can't even notice over the normal noises.

Guess I am looking for comforting words or advice. I get way paranoid when it comes to my toys. :blink:

 

Well after some advice from the good folks down at RWTD I've come to the conclusion my car has "The Tick". I unplugged the injector in question and I could still hear the ticking noise.

 

I questioned noisy injectors before. I was told that you will know when you have the tick and you can hear it even with the hood down.

The only sounds I hear under the hood are the injectors. I put a long plastic tube to find where the noises are coming from.

Hope this helps.

 

I am fighting a similar noise, that started up a couple of weeks ago, following a dyno tune.

At idle, when the motor is cold you can't even hear it, but after its at operating temps its noticeably louder from outside of the car. Its a light to medium ticking noise, I think I have narrowed it down to coming from the area of the driver side injectors/ blower. Also once you increase the RPMs it seems to go away, probably since the exhaust and engine noises overcome it.

And with the new tune my idle is a hair on the rough side and idles higher, not sure if that's related.

 

Sounds exactly like the same symptoms I have.

I would have sworn it was an injector making the noise.

 

And I am all fired up about getting the Stiegemeier Stage IV port, along with the 60# and KB BAP, but have a feeling I need to get to the bottom of this first.

 

Does it sound like this?

http://www.sengehighperformance.com/headtick.wmv

This is a bad piston, not the head tick. It does sound like it comes from the heads, but it does not.

 

I think I have developed the tick after my Whipple install. Some have said to use the Lucas syn oil treatment to cut down on the tick noise. Not sure if it works, but may give it a try.

 

No where near that loud but same sound.

 

Just got car back from dealer...

They replaced the valve cover gasket and retorqued the valve cover to spec. I was skeptical when I heard this but they claimed to have called the service hotline and this was a recommendation.

It seems to have fixed my problem. No ticking sound whatsoever now. Guess I got lucky.