So my new Coyote developed the tick yesterday

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If the tick is coming after the first oil change it makes me wonder what the factor put in

Would laugh if it was good ‘ol 10W30, same shit we’ve been using for decades, despite the modern engines, tighter tolerances, blah blah blah 5W20 BS.

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Would laugh if it was good ‘ol 10W30, same shit we’ve been using for decades, despite the modern engines, tighter tolerances, blah blah blah 5W20 BS.

I'm thinking of sending a sample into a lab, but I'm unsure if mine still has the original oil in it as the odometer had 5k and that may not be an original reading with computers and all their wonders....just saying...lol

[stangstevers]

5w20 is for increasing MPG right? Less parasitic drag on the internals.

Anyway, yes to Ford filter. I may do my next oil change so I can take the time to cut open the oil filter and look for signs of issues which I highly doubt. I also ordered some CeraTec which a lot of people claim stops the noise.

I wonder if these engines require additional work to prime the system. Don't they have some sort of oil sprayer nozzles or something to cool down the pistons? I wonder if that stupid tick sound is just air getting trapped or something stupid? It's so random that it doesn't seem to coincide with anything but it is coming from the long-block I'm sure. And I've been around Dodges and Chevys enough to know what rod knock sounds like LMAO.

I think my 2011 had the same issue albeit less prominent. Plus I'm very sensitive to noises, to me a car at this price-point shouldn't sound worse than a 30 year old Hyundai. Kind of turning me off to Fords to be dead honest. I'm just hoping that if there is a serious issue, it really breaks while still under warranty. I don't have time to deal with dealership warranties that will keep the car for a week or so, change the timing chain or other unrelated issue only to have a 16 year old drive the piss out of the car and wreck something else like the 6 speed, only to have the same problem if not worse and eventually another 2 or 3 weeks to dump a new shortblock in. <- anyway that's just me thinking worst case and I'm not that worried about it happening, just feel facetious this morning.