Help chasing ticking noise from drivers side

boolinSS · 12-10-2023, 04:31 PM

Been chasing this ticking noise coming from the driver side of the car on my 2017 camaro SS manual i over revved the car while racing like like a dummy and ever since i got this ticking noise. Took apart the valve cover everything looked fine checked the pushrods and could clearly see one was bent the rest looked fine so i replaced that one bent pushrod along with that rocker arm i also replaced the lifters on the driver side just to be safe even though they looked fine AND i even replaced the VLOM just because. Started it back up and it still has the exact same ticking noise I also checked the camshaft through the valley while spinning the engine and it looked fine. Open to ANY suggestions at this point havent been able to drive my car for 3 months

CalgaryZL1 · 12-10-2023, 05:48 PM

You might need to be more specific, are you talking about driver side under the hood or driver side in general? It could be an exhaust leak? without getting into more detail of the noise you are hearing it’s hard to online diagnose

boolinSS · 12-10-2023, 09:54 PM

Driver side under the hood it kinda sounds like it is coming from the top end of the motor but i’m not sure. It is definitely not an exhaust leak it really sounds a lot like a lifter tick if i had to describe it but the lifters were replaced!

CalgaryZL1 · 12-11-2023, 03:39 AM

I would get an automotive stethoscope and probe around your motor to zero in on noise, see if it brings you back to the valves and which one

boolinSS · 12-11-2023, 01:11 PM

Wouldn’t a bent valve cause a misfire? The car has no misfires and runs just fine just has a really loud tick that was not there before i over revved it

Gunkk · 12-11-2023, 02:45 PM

What about the springs and the rest of the rocker arms?

Have you bore-scoped it to verify there was no malice in the combustion palace (i.e. PTV contact, etc.)? Rods usually only bend when there is a PTV violation... and rarely is the damage just to one rod (and rocker). So you may have bent a valve and done some Bad_Things(TM) to the other springs when it all went afloatin'. A tear down to short block is needed, IMO.

Nookz · 01-15-2024, 07:18 AM

It might sound really random (because it is), but check if it's the hood release cable.
Had a ticking noise that was driving me crazy as well, and it had completeley disappeard after I had fixated said cable with two straps.

12-10-2023, 04:31 PM	#1
boolinSS Drives: chevrolet camaro Join Date: Sep 2022 Location: florida Posts: 3	Help chasing ticking noise from drivers side Been chasing this ticking noise coming from the driver side of the car on my 2017 camaro SS manual i over revved the car while racing like like a dummy and ever since i got this ticking noise. Took apart the valve cover everything looked fine checked the pushrods and could clearly see one was bent the rest looked fine so i replaced that one bent pushrod along with that rocker arm i also replaced the lifters on the driver side just to be safe even though they looked fine AND i even replaced the VLOM just because. Started it back up and it still has the exact same ticking noise I also checked the camshaft through the valley while spinning the engine and it looked fine. Open to ANY suggestions at this point havent been able to drive my car for 3 months

12-10-2023, 05:48 PM	#2
CalgaryZL1 Drives: 2020 Chevy Camaro ZL1 Join Date: Apr 2023 Location: Calgary Canada Posts: 1,629	You might need to be more specific, are you talking about driver side under the hood or driver side in general? It could be an exhaust leak? without getting into more detail of the noise you are hearing it’s hard to online diagnose

12-10-2023, 09:54 PM	#3
boolinSS Drives: chevrolet camaro Join Date: Sep 2022 Location: florida Posts: 3	Driver side under the hood it kinda sounds like it is coming from the top end of the motor but i’m not sure. It is definitely not an exhaust leak it really sounds a lot like a lifter tick if i had to describe it but the lifters were replaced!

12-11-2023, 03:39 AM	#4
CalgaryZL1 Drives: 2020 Chevy Camaro ZL1 Join Date: Apr 2023 Location: Calgary Canada Posts: 1,629	I would get an automotive stethoscope and probe around your motor to zero in on noise, see if it brings you back to the valves and which one

12-11-2023, 01:11 PM	#5
boolinSS Drives: chevrolet camaro Join Date: Sep 2022 Location: florida Posts: 3	Wouldn’t a bent valve cause a misfire? The car has no misfires and runs just fine just has a really loud tick that was not there before i over revved it

12-11-2023, 02:45 PM	#6
Gunkk Thank you Al Oppenheiser! Drives: Red Hot A10 ZL1 Convertible Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Sarasota, FL Posts: 5,043 View My Garage	What about the springs and the rest of the rocker arms? Have you bore-scoped it to verify there was no malice in the combustion palace (i.e. PTV contact, etc.)? Rods usually only bend when there is a PTV violation... and rarely is the damage just to one rod (and rocker). So you may have bent a valve and done some Bad_Things(TM) to the other springs when it all went afloatin'. A tear down to short block is needed, IMO.

01-15-2024, 07:18 AM	#7
Nookz Drives: 2016 Camaro SS Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: Dubai Posts: 65	It might sound really random (because it is), but check if it's the hood release cable. Had a ticking noise that was driving me crazy as well, and it had completeley disappeard after I had fixated said cable with two straps.

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