My 98 Dodge Dakota makes a ticking sound on moderate to heavy acceleration. What would be causing this?

Question:
I just purchased this truck, and I suspect there is a sticky intake valve, but I changed the oil, and ran a tank of gas with fuel-injector cleaner through the system with no noticable effect. It is much louder when the engine is cold, but becomes almost unnoticable after the engine warms up, unless accelerating very hard.

Answers:

Alero problem please help?

If your sure its not pinging. Than it sounds like a valve train problem. I'm guessing this is a V6 or V8. There is no valve adjustment on this engine. Use a vacuum Gage to check your reading. If u have a weak or broken spring or sticking valve. Your Gage will oscillate unevenly. if its relatively smooth around 18 psi. It all good. Next perform an oil psi test. Make sure its with in specs. Isolate noise by removing spark plug wires one at a time. Remove corresponding valve cover. Look for worn or broken rocker arms Remove 4 bolts holding rocker Assembly. Check individual push rods for same. At this point if no failures found. U either have a weak or sticking lifter or a bad cam. By the way the reason the noise starts to go away is in part due to metal expanding and oil pumping up lifters that may have bleed down.
Hope this helps.

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Try a higher octane gas.

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u could be low on oil

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I say it's because it's a dodge. LOL However my husband who is an assiasnt manger at an atuo repair shop. He says it's the lifter.

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Sounds like a valve lifter not adjusted right. Too much clearance. Take and have the lifters adjusted. Or if you can and know how to do it adjust them yourself. But get a manual of the clearances first. Get them too loosed they knock clicking sound too tight and you burn a valve.

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CV joints in the front axels are worn out. Go back and punch the guy who sold it to you. or just an exhaust manifold leak

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A stuck intake valve would cause backfire through intake system so rule that out. If it was pinging the knock sensor should pick it up but you say it gets almost unnoticeable after warm up so it may be pre ignition and the computer will adjust the timing to stop it. It may not be bad enough to set a trouble code. I would try a higher octane gas and see if it stops.

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