slosvt
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I've started having a weird noise from my engine almost immediately after startup. It seems to happen more often after a cold startup not after the truck's temp is up and warm. A few seconds after starting the truck a very noticeable "grind" noise comes from the engine bay. It lasts for only a second or two then its never heard from again. Its noticably loud enough to hear from inside the cab without the music running. It doesn't seem to matter whether or not the heat/ac/air is turned on or off. I don't know if its a belt, timing chain or what.
I've owned my raptor for about 3 months now and just had its first service and everything looked good. '12 with 86,000 on it. As far as I'm concerned after checking the car fax before I bought it had no belt, plugs or any problems engine wise. It has regularly been serviced at Ford since it was new (for what its worth). Other than a whine from the power steering it runs great. Anyone have any ideas? Ill be posting a video in the morning.
I did find a few videos of this problem on the ecoboost. They did come out with a TSB regarding stretched Timing Chains. Same sound, possibly same problem?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwKKBAc5OPw
I've owned my raptor for about 3 months now and just had its first service and everything looked good. '12 with 86,000 on it. As far as I'm concerned after checking the car fax before I bought it had no belt, plugs or any problems engine wise. It has regularly been serviced at Ford since it was new (for what its worth). Other than a whine from the power steering it runs great. Anyone have any ideas? Ill be posting a video in the morning.
I did find a few videos of this problem on the ecoboost. They did come out with a TSB regarding stretched Timing Chains. Same sound, possibly same problem?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwKKBAc5OPw
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