Engine noise, rattle?

[CB750F]

Good day folks.

Brought my truck for oil change to my mechanic & weirdly enough, this weird sound started manifesting itself a week later??? I'm sure it has nothing to do with the oil...
Someone(s) seemed to have the same issue here but never came back.

https://www.ranger5g.com/forum/threads/2022-ranger-engine-tick.22044/

Anyone get the dealer to say what it was? Someone on reddit said the dealer said it was normal.

Curious, tapping noise can be: belt, injector...?

Tks.

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[RangerBill]

Good day folks.

Brought my truck for oil change to my mechanic & weirdly enough, this weird sound started manifesting itself a week later??? I'm sure it has nothing to do with the oil...
Someone(s) seemed to have the same issue here but never came back.

https://www.ranger5g.com/forum/threads/2022-ranger-engine-tick.22044/

Anyone get the dealer to say what it was? Someone on reddit said the dealer said it was normal.

Curious, tapping noise can be: belt, injector...?

Tks.

Sounds normal for the 2.3L gas engine.

 

[Dr_Strangelove]

Are you talking about the ticking noise? It's the direct injection system. Sounds normal to me.

 

[CB750F]

Thanks, it just seems way louder at the moment, maybe the cold is making it louder?

 

[Dr_Strangelove]

I'm not sure about the fuel system, however, sound does carry farther and with more clarity in cold air than it does in warm air so there's a possibility you're hearing it better. I don't think cold air necessarily increases the volume of any noise, so I don't think it would make the noise "louder." But it's possible you're hearing the system with more clarity in the cold air.

I don't think the cold in general is changing how hard the fuel pump is working or how efficiently the injectors are spraying or anything like that. It's a noisy system - many many posts on this forum asking about it.

 

[CB750F]

Yes, the sound in winter, the cold air, what I meant(clarity).

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