Castaldo327

https://imgur.com/a/nHgI0Bq

It’s a 2000 Sport and it started making this ticking sound.

• it’s loudest at a cold start
  
• The ticking gets more rapid when the accelerator is pressed
  
• It quiets down significantly when the engine is warmed up or at high RPM
  

Really trying to figure out if it’s just a lifter tick or if I have an exhaust leak somewhere. I tried putting sea foam in the throttle body to see if I could see any smoke coming out of the engine bay, but didn’t spot any.

I’m hoping it’s just the notorious lifter tick.

Thank you!

GDurham00

hoping to push this up because I have the exact same problem. Mine is very very loud hoping I didn’t waste my money on it. Thanks!

Castaldo327

Hey man. Mine ended up being a crack in the rear exhaust manifold. Replaced it with a $20 junkyard part. All good now.

GDurham00

Well I’m glad you got yours figured out. I’ll look into that. Thank you!