Hemi Pecking Getting louder?

[kymag]

I have 9600 miles on my Magnum now and it seems to me the pecking noise is getting a lot louder. Anyone else think theirs is getting louder? Has anyone ever found a cause or had trouble from it yet? Thanks for any help. I do think it is louder with the SC 91 tune maybe. I could be just hearing better!

[MikeEast]

What's really interesting is that my RT doesn't seem to make this 'tick/peck' noise at all. Wierd..


(now watch, it'll grenade tomorrow...)

Mike

[Ghostface Mag]

[xlaboy]

mine does it to when it warms up

[kymag]

I don't have any mods other than the flashpaq. It seems worse in cold weather before the car warms up.

[Jeepers]

I've got about 20,000 miles and it is definitely getting louder. I'd swear it is a lifter. I'm thinking maybe a problem with the MDS hardware partially collapsing. I don't know that Chrysler's figured it out yet, but if they have I'd be glad to hear how to fix it. If I sell this thing someday, I can't imagine a prospective buyer liking that sound.

[DODGE TUNER]

First thing is removeing the tuning from the vehicle for a number of miles and see if the issue is in the stock program.
I have heard of the tick mainly from the truck guys stock or tuned..
Ron

[Mike D.]

3,300 miles on an 06 RT
Got the same thing.

**Listening**

Later,
Mike D.

[PaulFix]

Mine has done it since new, I will draw the dealers attn to it at the next service.

[Cam]

Pecking noise..........................sounds like a job for the chicken, funky that is.

[Jeepers]

Mines going back in the shop on the 18th for it The last time I dropped it off at the dealer they couldn't replicate it, I dunno, maybe they were deaf. Today, I got one of the techs outside to listen to it and, lo and behold, he said it sounded like a lifter on the passenger side. I usually run synthetic oil in it, but last week I put Dino back in, and I do believe the sound is louder, all the time. Maybe it made it easier to hear. Before I get flamed about switching to dino oil, let me say that I don't think I'll have this thing more than a couple of years. Once the warranty gets close to expiring, it's a goner. I'll let you know what happens.

[charginscott]

My R/T has had a tic since I brought her home with me

Scott

[MagnumFan7]

Anyone have a sound file of the pecking?

[pir8magnum]

Oh wow, this is an interesting post because I've heard this too. I have 6250 miles on my Mag.

It does sound like a lifter to me, on the passenger side.

I had 2 pathfinders and a frontier, all V6'es. The valve trains all sounded like sewing machines (if anyone here remembers what those sound like). I used to take them to mechanics and ask if it could be 'fixed', and they would say "thats just what it sounds like".

Its possible that its normal. Not a great sound, but if everyone is hearing it, its not likely its indicitive of a problem. Might just be what it sounds like.

[Tedman5]

I've had the "Hemi Tick" for all 32,000 miles on my 5/04 built Magnum. I don't worry about it too much. The oil always looks good, it runs 1/4 mile times in the 13's, SC tuned or not, it never goes away.