Lifter noise

Asked by GuruTH9R4 Jul 01, 2018 at 04:43 PM about the Dodge RAM 1500

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Lifter noise on a 2014 dodge Ram Hemi 80,000 plus miles in the summer when
I start the truck I have lifter noise for a couple of minutes, I use amsoil and their
filter.

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Agree with Tom add some Lucas Engine Oil Stabilizer to oil.

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I have a 2014 ram 1500 with hemi with 33000 miles .... it started making that same noise so i've changed oil to synthetic and added Lucas oil and still makes the same sound....

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I own the 2014 Laramie 1500. At 50,000 miles I had the tick . I removed the exhaust manifold on passenger side an the 4 rear bolts were broken . I replaced all of the bolts and no more tick ! At 130,000 the tick came back. I removed both exhaust manafolds drivers and passengers side . Both sides were broken. Replaced both sides and it’s quite as a mouse again! Always have use standard 5-30 penzoil with penzoil filters never found this causing the typical hemi tick . The bolts are not that difficult to replace as the heads are aluminum and the bolts are not corroded in the head as in other motors. A simple extractor will get the one out that broke off flush . About 2 hrs per side for me and I am not a mechanic. Just mechanically inclined and not willing to pay the dealers $1,000’s for their half ass crap! Good luck

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One more thing with the hemi tick . Don’t go broke change oils etc. check the exhaust manifold bolts first ! Yes it sounds like lifters and all the worst internal problems you could think of . But my experience on my Ram and 2 of my buddies was exhaust manafold bolts .

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Hemi engines have bad lifters. they will go bad and grind the lobe off your cam. Once you start hearing the noise it's too late you need a cam and lifters the way to check is to pull your tap it cover rotate the engine and watch and see which valve is not opening far enough

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If lifter noise is present STOP driving the vehicle and have it towed to shop. Have tech inspect oil control valve screens (OCV) for metal debris, if clean theres probably no cam bearing damage at the block from metal contact damage and replacing all lifters is recommended. If metal is present at OCV then remove camshaft inspect cam bearings if there damaged engine is ruined (REPLACE). Metal contamination is caused by a collapsed lifter causing cam lobe damage with metal separation that can cause catastrophic failure to the engine..AGAIN DONT DRIVE TOW VEHICLE TO SHOP!! If you don't want to replace all lifters inspect all MDS lifter secure locking pins for failure movement and replace if pin is not secure..

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Lol, as the previous people commented, its either lifters or manifold bolts. I have a 2014 and im going on 210,000. Don't tow it to a shop, there's nothing that's going to happen in the matter of a few days, hell, once I got the p0308 code, I drove the truck for another 20000 MI. The worst thing that could happen is the roller on the lifter sizing and grinding the lobe off the cam. If you're getting a P0 300 anyting code, 1 through 8, this is already happened and you can plan on replacing the cam. When you pull the valve cover if there's any slop in your pushrods then that's an indication that the cam lobe is worn down enough to give you the misfire code. The nice thing with the Hemi engine is it actually pretty easy to work on and lots of room to work in. If you're going to replace the can, make sure you replace all the lifters. I know it's a little more expensive but the body of this engine is awesome, but the valve train, lifters mainly are engineered to fail. I'm getting ready to pull mine apart again.

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If it is a lifter it will cause a misfire on that cylinder. If it isnt misfiring check manifold bolts

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