Excessive Valvetrain Noise in the 5.0... Leads to Tear Down

[302]

cam cap? Is that even a real part?

 

[Germeezy3]

cam cap? Is that even a real part?

 

[302]

Oh ok, i was thinking something totally different but i've never seen inside too many modular engines... Seems like something on the same aisle as the blinker fluid in k-mart.

 

[hawkeye18]

Oh ok, i was thinking something totally different but i've never seen inside too many modular engines... Seems like something on the same aisle as the blinker fluid in k-mart.

And here I was, thinking you were making a pushrod joke.

 

[Chrome61]

I wonder if they are going to do this fix on the other 5.0's on their lot that were rattling.

 

[tigerhonaker]

S197 GT,

I'm glad it has all worked out for you and Hopefully for others with the same situation.

tigerhonaker

 

[S197 GT]

Well I added another 40 miles or so yesterday, and I gotta say that the noise seems to be gone.

I want to get the answers to the questions above still and I plan on driving at least 500 miles before I come to my conclusion.

I feel a lot more comfortable now about the car at this point, so I went ahead and ordered my JLT and BBR tunes.

 

[Twinscrewgt]

great thread, keep us updated

 

[VTXFrank]

Well I added another 40 miles or so yesterday, and I gotta say that the noise seems to be gone.

I want to get the answers to the questions above still and I plan on driving at least 500 miles before I come to my conclusion.

I feel a lot more comfortable now about the car at this point, so I went ahead and ordered my JLT and BBR tunes.

Hot damn, that's good info brother!! I'm actually very excited and relieved for you! This is something we can all put in the back of the old brain bucket and pull it out if we ever have this issue.

I'd be willing to bet this will be a TSB in no time. If it isn't already.

 

[302]

Well I added another 40 miles or so yesterday, and I gotta say that the noise seems to be gone.

I want to get the answers to the questions above still and I plan on driving at least 500 miles before I come to my conclusion.

I feel a lot more comfortable now about the car at this point, so I went ahead and ordered my JLT and BBR tunes.

well, that is indeed a good sign when you took it in and on first startup it stopped. Seems like it wasnt one of these: "lets do this, ok? ... no... ok let's try this.... ok? no... let's do this *crosses fingers*... ok cool"

 

[GTmike]

Good to hear you got her fixed......Sounds like you have a decent dealer to deal with. Thanks for keeping us posted and being the guinea pig......

 

[1950StangJump$]

To the OP, I'm the guy from the ALLFORDMUSTANGS forum who posted about several engine ticks and the runaround I've been getting. They still haven't fixed it. Here's a taste of my saga, if you didn't see it:

http://www.allfordmustangs.com/foru...ang-5-0-engine-problem-fords-strange-fix.html

http://www.allfordmustangs.com/foru...6-2011-mustang-5-0-engine-problems-again.html

I'm glad this worked out for you. They did tighten the cam caps on mine at one point and claimed it was fixed. They later acknowledged the noise(s) was still there.