i know mine has been clicking for years with 265,000 miles i even replaced my can and fuel pump when i did the entire engine overhaul and the damn thing still makes the same click. turn up the idle and throw stacks on it and you wont here the click anymore

 

mine ticks and comes and goes depending on temperaure, more in winter then summer

 

its a diesel let her knock and tick all she wants as long as its running good then i wouldnt worry about it, if it aint broke dont kix it

 

12 valves are a noisy engine and it seems they all have a little different sound to them

 

you wont ever get 2 12v's to sound exactly identical, ive tried with mine and my budies truck with the same turbo, fuleing epgrades and exhaust, it aint happinen

 

I've been searching the forums about this clicking noise and this is the only one that has any info. Ripoff mechanic wanted to charge me $1200 blaming it on the DPD. It was too rythmic to me to be that. I was thinking valve or injector. Lifter pump cam makes more sense, and "aint broke dont fix" , sounds cheaper. Mine started at $140k miles.

Thanks again

 

I would say 80-90% on my fuel system(94 5 speed) has been replaced or rebuilt at 100k miles because of this ticking and other issues, shes still a ticker at 122k, but not as noisy of a motor as my 01.5 6 speed.

 

mine had the tic when i fist baught it and the first time i took it to 3000 rpms it went away. but yea its the lift pump or valve adjustment.

not trying to thread jack but can any of you guys post me a link on how to adjust the valves? thanks

 

its ten thousands and twenty thousands, intake and exhaust, you have to find top dead center then i dont remember?

 

so on the intake it should be ten thousandths, and on the exhaust twenty thousandths? is there any special method to it? thanks