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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: brianp87 on 26 April 2010, 14:23:48

Title: omega 3.0 v6
Post by: brianp87 on 26 April 2010, 14:23:48

when i start my car until she warms up it makes a ticking noise. what could this be

Title: Re: omega 3.0 v6
Post by: Jamieo on 26 April 2010, 14:26:15

Possibly an exhaust manifold gasket starting to blow or a faulty cam follower.

Title: Re: omega 3.0 v6
Post by: bigdods on 26 April 2010, 17:44:09

my f/l 3.0 has done this for the last 2 years / 60k miles. I've stopped worrying about it now.

Title: Re: omega 3.0 v6
Post by: TheBoy on 26 April 2010, 18:43:56

exhaust manifold gasket most likely

Title: Re: omega 3.0 v6
Post by: brett wood on 26 April 2010, 19:02:19

could be injector opening and closing

Title: Re: omega 3.0 v6
Post by: mr ICE man on 26 April 2010, 19:32:52

Could be lots of thing so wait and see if it gets worse.if so might get better idea as to the cause