Motor ticks I have a 1997 Monte Carlo, the motor that I had put in has a tick, it sounds much like a lifter but all the lifters are tight, the car has a lot power, no miss, when you first start the engine it sounds loud but after it warms up the ticking gets not as loud any body got any ideas.

The ticking sound is known by GM and they left it. It is actually a lifter waiting to get enough oil to pump it up correctly. As the motor gets older this will continue longer and longer as more lifters join in. The engine will start sounding like a sewing machine. Simple Replace the oil pump with a High Volume High Pressure one, all lifter ticking will go away. Put in three of them now.

s10 2.2 4 cyl looks like hydraulic roller lifters fitted

this is the lifter part listed for the motor ..set of 8


ticking will be worn or hammered lifters or poor oil flow pressure to the lifters

could possibly be a lifter tapping (Ticking) ,depending on how many miles the vehicle has on it might be time for lifters to be adjusted,most foreign overhead cam engines must have lifters adjuster periodically ,if you turn on the air its puts more of a load on the engine causing a louder sound (also check oil level an engine low on oil will start to tick too.. the more wear the engine gets the looser the lifters can get over time ,look in your service manual if you have one and see what the intervals are on lifter adjustment this can give you an idea.
possible only if
the ticking sound is coming from the top of the engine usually comes from under the vavle covers where the lifters are located,

Thanks for choosing FixYa and welcome. That is possible. More then likely, it is a associated with the valve lifter. If it was a rod, you would hear a knocking sound compared to the ticking sounds a bad lifter gives off. As far as which lifter it is, the only way to know for sure if by taking off the valve cover and examining the lifters. You are in the right area though. Check your lifters and you should fine what is causing the ticking. Put all your focus on that area. Your friend sounds like he knows what he is talking about so he may be able to help you work on it if you are not able.

sounds like the lifters ticking,is it low on oil?are you using to thick of an oil for car?sounds like could possibly be a lifter problem.

If the oil pump was bad, the noise would get worse as the engine heats up. You probably have worn out lifters.

sounds like you have a lifter that's on its way out .
it is loosing pressure while it is sitting .
try adding some Lucas oil treatment

this is normal roller rocker noise, it will not cause any concerns, (from a GM TSB)

Could be a number of things, but if it just sounds like a heavy lifter tick I have a bunch of chevys that do the same thing including a 2009 sierra. Gm delaler says its normal for these engines to do this because of carbon build up. Not the answer I wanted to hear about a brand new truck, but Ive got the same answer from other dealer techs on other gm cars as well. If it does not sound like a lifter it could be one of the bearings in a pulley starting to go bad.

maybe a hydraulic lifter or a central bearing.... do you hav trouble accelarating at all? if its they hydraulic lifter, you will be fine for about 90k miles and even then nothing serious will happen, its just annoying. if its the central bearing on your motor, then you will have anywhere from 0-3000 miles left until your engine shuts down on you and your car stops moving. for me it's the hydraulic lifter witch triggered the knock sensor, which is there to detect knocks for oil related problems but unfortunaetly picked up my knocking too and thus went into its "energy saving" mode and slowed accelaration down ALOT in order to protect my motor. of course since it was a hydraulic lifter, this was pointless to me. if this is your case just take it to a mechanic and pay $40 to get the knock sensor unplugged. this won't solve the knocking itself but it will allow the car to accelarate at w/e speed you want. THIS IS NOT the solution to every knocking/ticking problem. there are MANY different ones out there so the best way is to get it checked out by a mechanic.