Top end of engine ticking

[sulzy]

got my xh ute back from the mechanic 2 weeks ago had the radiator at power steering fixed
And i noticed first few days blowing a bit of smoke and then the ticking started
Checked oil and in needed topping up
Topped it up and ticking still happening
The tick is loud when ideling and when i speed up it gets faster and quieter

Any ideas at what i should look at

Thanks

[adyadad]

Could it be a sticky lifter? Is it misfiring?
I had a loud tick in a Cleveland years ago and that's what it was. Used a bottle of additive to help free lifters and it stopped for about the next 5 years.

[dunga]

Originally Posted by sulzy

got my xh ute back from the mechanic 2 weeks ago had the radiator at power steering fixed
And i noticed first few days blowing a bit of smoke and then the ticking started
Checked oil and in needed topping up
Topped it up and ticking still happening
The tick is loud when ideling and when i speed up it gets faster and quieter

Any ideas at what i should look at

Thanks

sound like the mechanics apprentice has taken it for a good old fashioned thrashing.

[gkhn]

Or forgot that the oil was drained.
He or someone else(they didn't know there was no oil) started the car and caused BBQ inside the engine...
Was the car ticking before?
I would take it back and get them to fix it.

Originally Posted by dunga

sound like the mechanics apprentice has taken it for a good old fashioned thrashing.

[SSVPom]

I’d say a sticky lifter is causing the ticking and valve stem seals are causing the smoke on start up. Amusingly my XH started doing both more or less out of the blue, although the LiquiMoly and Risolene oil additives to help cure both have made some difference, at least with the lifter noise on start up.

[gutza]

Hi sulzy.

Agree with the above. Does sound like sticking HLA's.

How many K's on the engine ?

What oil is it currently using ?

You could try this. Some people have seen an improvement.

https://www.supercheapauto.com.au/p/...ml/104058.html

Cheers.