GEN 2 Engine ping or valve train noise???

[Bowewelding]

With about 1000 miles on my gen 2 and in sport mode while climbing through the gears I heard either engine ping or valve train noise....only heard it once and I haven't really tried to mimic it. After watching Barnetts videos I'm scared that I could have possible cam phaser issues in time as well.. the noise came about after slightly letting off throttle, so first I thought turbo boost actuator noise.. truck sounds fine on idle and has driven fine ever since..let me know if anyone has heard anything like it.

 

[smurfslayer]

Welcome to FRF. It could be nothing, it could be someone beside you with a bad catalytic converter, it could be something. Chances are, if you have either pinging or a mechanical issue it will be repeatable. If you suspect you can repeat it, I’d get a go-pro and mount in the engine bay and take it for a spin. You want a cam with decent sound.

The actuators are kind of loud at start up but I don’t hear them otherwise.

 

[Bowewelding]

Lmoa..when I first heard that noise I thought for sure the truck was going back to the dealer. But just as fast as it started it had stopped and nothing seems to have come of it.. I ruled out pinging because I had 91 octane in it and I had been driving it kinda hard with no other noises heard...my biggest concern is those cam phaseres and maybe I heard a little valve train collision..oil pressure seems good at the gauge. How did u guys "break in your engines?"

 

[smurfslayer]

Lmoa..when I first heard that noise I thought for sure the truck was going back to the dealer. But just as fast as it started it had stopped and nothing seems to have come of it.. I ruled out pinging because I had 91 octane in it and I had been driving it kinda hard with no other noises heard...my biggest concern is those cam phaseres and maybe I heard a little valve train collision..oil pressure seems good at the gauge. How did u guys "break in your engines?"

Personally, I did my best to reenact the chase scene from Bullitt using the Raptor.


then, once the test drive was over, things got serious.

 

[SilverBolt]

Ping will only happen while under throttle not when you let off. You can rule that out. The engine has to be under a load for pre-detonation (ping) to occur.

 

[Bowewelding]

Thanks for the response..i ruled out ping noise aswell...and i think if I had any sort of cam phaser issue, or problem it would throw a light?? Do you guys run fully synthetic oil?? And how many miles?

 

[Mcnawsty]

Cam phaser rattle (noise they make prior to failure) won't throw a CEL. When phasers fail, they stretch the timing chain. That event will trigger the CEL.

 

[Bowewelding]

Going to pull the oil and fill with full syn motorcraft..what do u guys run?