BerBer63

Have had my car for 3 days now, so not quite sure if this is normal or not. It has been there from the start.

Only 200 miles, but there is a distinct ticking/slapping noise that I can hear in the cabin at any stop whether it be in the garage, red light, etc.

The ticking is in rhythm, it is not really loud just annoying, it comes and goes kind of like a fan is switching on and off. When I get on the gas it disappears all together or I just don't hear it anymore.

Maybe it will disappear after a thousand or 2 miles?

Anyone else with the same....

bazi 007

thats the beast waiting patiently til u break her in so that it can unleash its power on the road

bazi 007

seriously though is ur moonroof closed properly?

mrtesting

It's your hand built engine moaning to be driven.. don't worry about it. All of our engines made the same noise, some more some less.

LZH

There have been some valve train issues reported by other 63 owners...AFAIK nothing has been done to fix it and no TSB's issued. My black series has a ticking. Seems to go away after oil temps get nice and hot

BerBer63

Here's a pic of the animal...hope it works. Had to drive it home in the rain and traffic sadly.

Every option + CF interior, except performance package. I think the ride is stiff enough after driving a few days. The exhaust is perfect, can't wait to get on it full throttle.

My biggest and only disappointment thus far....the door pins. They have to be the cheapest looking things ever. I'm getting some AMG CF ones from ebay.

Lew L

Agreed 100%.

norb

+1 on the pins

BTW Congrats!

CynCarvin32

There is a TSB for for loud valve train on the M156. It says sound is normal do not perform any service for this problem. My 63 has the worlds LOUDEST stuck tappet a couple times a month and it sounds as if the car is absolutely about to stop running until you get the motor warm. Then once that goes away its generally loud but this tapping tappet is just insane. It comes from cyl 3-4 on the drivers side bank.

Factory said its normal. that and the plume of blue smoke that come out of the back on stat up sometimes. When it barks to life once in a while it just looks like a 500k mile old pos.

Love that "normal" stuff! The smoke is actually normal for the M156 but I think I have a busted tappet. The motor is set up slightly loose from the factory and the cyl walls are very very hard so running the motor in takes 10k miles. The TSB for smoking and oil consumption says drive the car like an a hole and it should go away.

LZH

Hmmmm.....I have no smoke whatsoever...

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BerBer63

That doesn't look like an easy job.

Aside, the ticking noise doesn't happen only at startup but, even when my engine oil is up to temp 90-100*C at red lights.....maybe that's just mine.

I found this on youtube, it's similar to the sound I'm describing just definitely not as loud.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sevyKecI-DY

Hans Delbruck

That sounds like a pretty loud one. Sometimes my car will clack a little more on startup than others... not sure why, although it usually clacks more if it has been parked a long time. But it always goes away after 5-10 minutes.

Here is mine btw.... (sorry you have to forward past the startup for the closeup of the engine )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fWVuw3PMxE

blownS

I was having the same issue (altho I haven't heard it in awhile).

iku

i think it goes away by itself? try reving in, does the ticking noise increase in frequency too? this happened on my car too, but it went away shortly (after a day)