E63 engine making a ticking sound
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E63 engine making a ticking sound
I just picked up an 07 e63 with 35K miles on the clock and noticed there is a ticking sound that increases as the RPMs increase. Kind of sounds like a bad lifter on old American V8s.
The SA at the Benz dealer where I bought it says this is normal on AMG cars. Has anyone else noticed this or is he blowing smoke up my patooty? My car is CPO and if there is something amiss, I'd like to have it corrected ASAP.
The SA at the Benz dealer where I bought it says this is normal on AMG cars. Has anyone else noticed this or is he blowing smoke up my patooty? My car is CPO and if there is something amiss, I'd like to have it corrected ASAP.
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ya its normal. I had the same problem on my wifes old SLK55, you could hear it a lot with the top down. my 190e 2.3 8valve and c230 kompressor also sound like a dingy toyota engine from the 80s. and last the E55 Komp does in fact have the same AMG "tick tick tick" sound but it is less noticable and seems to only happen at idle at a stop light once in a while.
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It would help if you make a sound clip of the ticking sound. If it sounds more like knocking sound, then it maybe something more serious, but if it's just a ticking sound that goes away after the car warms up, then you are absolutely right with your diagnosis. It is a very common lifter problem on 63 engines. When the car sits for a while, the lifters will bleed out and rattle. But as air bleeds out, the sound should disappear.
Does it sound like this....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sevyKecI-DY
Does it sound like this....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sevyKecI-DY
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M156s - 63s engines - have one very common sound - it is ticking coming from lifters.
It is not unusual!
Have you oil changed and put on several hundred miles. If it is still there bring it back to the dealer and have them check it out.
Good Luck!
M156s - 63s engines - have one very common sound - it is ticking coming from lifters.
It is not unusual!
Have you oil changed and put on several hundred miles. If it is still there bring it back to the dealer and have them check it out.
Good Luck!
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YES...that is exactly what it sounds like. I brought the car into another Benz dealer and they too said it was normal. They didn't explain it in detail like you folks did. The ticking doesn't go away after the engine warms up though and that has me concerned. The SA fired up a new (2009) E63 and the ticking was there also, although much less pronounced.
I'll do what another member suggests and change the oil and wait it out a while and see what happens.
I'll do what another member suggests and change the oil and wait it out a while and see what happens.
It would help if you make a sound clip of the ticking sound. If it sounds more like knocking sound, then it maybe something more serious, but if it's just a ticking sound that goes away after the car warms up, then you are absolutely right with your diagnosis. It is a very common lifter problem on 63 engines. When the car sits for a while, the lifters will bleed out and rattle. But as air bleeds out, the sound should disappear.
Does it sound like this....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sevyKecI-DY
Does it sound like this....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sevyKecI-DY
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E55 AMG Kompressor
does the e55komp engine have any ticking sound at idle or any thing like that on the e55komp engine ? we should be hearing ?
