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Originally Posted by AngryInch
Mine ticks on startup till it warms up a bit, sounds like valve train.
The cam adjusters cam tick, lifters, etc, until the oil has filled them up to take up the tolerance. I doubt everyone has bent rods.
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Bent rod would be a different noise and it wouldn’t not go away as the rod would stay bent…
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Completely agree ->: "Bent rod would be a different noise and it wouldn’t not go away as the rod would stay bent…." A bent rod is much more than a "ticking." More a quite loud, forcible rapping sound.