I've noticed this noise before, but I kind of ignored it because at the time it started...I was jobless. Now that I have income and a steady job, I want to figure this out.
It seems to be when it's cold out or damp out. I can get it up to normal operating temperature and the noise will go away, but if I shut it off and turn it right back on...the noise comes back. It literally goes "Tick tick tick tick tick" with pauses in between them. So roughly one tick per second at idle. It increases with the RPM if the throttle is applied, so it gets faster.
Does this just sound like a lifter issue? I've tried everything I could think of just shy of taking the valve cover off.
It's a 2001 XJ, 4x4, auto, and has just under 232k miles on it.
Also, when it's first started after sitting over night or when I leave work...the motor "sounds" loud. Not the exhaust tones and such, but it sounds like the bottom end of the motor makes more noise than an engine should. I know I've read that they, at some point, sound like a diesel engine, but I'm not really sure that's what this noise is.
I have a pitch black "video" of the second noise I'm asking about that my phone took, just so I could attempt to get the noise. It's hard to hear since my phone sucks for capturing audio. The noise is loudest if you stand on the drivers side.
I'll put the audio up once youtube finishes processing my upload.
It seems to be when it's cold out or damp out. I can get it up to normal operating temperature and the noise will go away, but if I shut it off and turn it right back on...the noise comes back. It literally goes "Tick tick tick tick tick" with pauses in between them. So roughly one tick per second at idle. It increases with the RPM if the throttle is applied, so it gets faster.
Does this just sound like a lifter issue? I've tried everything I could think of just shy of taking the valve cover off.
It's a 2001 XJ, 4x4, auto, and has just under 232k miles on it.
Also, when it's first started after sitting over night or when I leave work...the motor "sounds" loud. Not the exhaust tones and such, but it sounds like the bottom end of the motor makes more noise than an engine should. I know I've read that they, at some point, sound like a diesel engine, but I'm not really sure that's what this noise is.
I have a pitch black "video" of the second noise I'm asking about that my phone took, just so I could attempt to get the noise. It's hard to hear since my phone sucks for capturing audio. The noise is loudest if you stand on the drivers side.
I'll put the audio up once youtube finishes processing my upload.