Intermittent Ticking from LS1

[Martin_P]

First of all, hello everyone! Just bought myself a mint silver VX SS, and loving it! I've jumped ship from japanese cars (I've owned two 300zx's in the past 5 years) and now come to the v8 darkside :eyes:

Anyway, i have notice a somewhat concerning sound form my new car. the engine intermittently ticks. Its not on startup, or when the engine is cold, but after driving around for a while it will occassionally start making a fairly loud ticking noise which is proportional to engine RPM. It alwasy goes away withing about 30 seconds, but can be quite loud and embarassing!

I always beleive in DIYing, so any advice on waht it could be would be appreciated!

[VTLS1]

when was it last serviced?? how high are the km's? sometimes the oil viscosity(thickness of oil) is wrong causing engine ticking now & then. if this isnt the problem the only thing left is lifters,but its not common for these to cause problems. shoulda bought my car & you woulda had no probs,lol

[Martin_P]

when was it last serviced?? how high are the km's? sometimes the oil viscosity(thickness of oil) is wrong causing engine ticking now & then. if this isnt the problem the only thing left is lifters,but its not common for these to cause problems. shoulda bought my car & you woulda had no probs,lol

serviced very recently, approx 2000kms ago. its only got 110000k's on the clock, but yeah im thinking of doing an oil change with a good 15w-50 oil and seeing if it makes a difference...

[VTLS1]

with an ls1 service should be about 5000kms from memory. try a different oil. to thick an oil & it doesnt reach all parts of the engine it should when it should which has been known to be a cause of ticking. one vehicle i had in the past was sold to me because it had a ticking noise. he tried doing a service,changed oil etc but it still did it. he took it to a mechanic & he told the previous owner that if you have done the oil thing its the lifters,this is how much etc. owner decided not to do this & sold it to me. i took it home,drained the oi while it was still hot,put an engine flush through it. put in 15/30 & after that no ticking at all ever again. wether this was a fluke,i dunno,even told the last owner about it & he wasnt happy. i ended up selling the car back to him of all things,lol