1996 Ford Mustang Cobra engine noise/inside the car

[GoGoggansGo]

By far the most common tick is the timing chain. Lifters are second, then rods. It's impossible to diagnose without hearing it

[blackshadow610]

sounds like a lash adjustor

[SwissV8Power]

My 1996 Cobra has the same annoying noise! How can I or my mechanic fix this?

[GoGoggansGo]

@SwissV8Power it sounds like it is a camshaft problem

[HOTRODRICO]

WHAT EVER SIDE ITC COMMING FROM PULL THE VALVE COVER AND IM ALMOST POSITIVE YOULL FIND WHATS WRONG.. HAS TO BE SOME VALVETERAIN COMPONENT.. GOOD LUCK

[sinisterseven8]

sounds normal until its warmed up

[pmitch014]

Did you ever find out what was causing the noise? I am having a very similar problem. The dealership was sure it was the timing chain tensioner and replaced them, but the noise is still there. Like your's, it only happens right around 11-1200 rpm. Thanks.

[GerryK61]

Sonds like a Connecting rod bearing about to go.

[kk20092]

Haha fuck faggot ass rice cars. My 2001 cobra will shit on any ricer.

[pigley14]

u need a oil change or its ur lifters

[nolan1996]

those dual overhead cams burn lots of oil

[nolan1996]

you spun a bearing, mine did the same thing and it was going to cost 8 grand to rebuild it

[pureadrenaline25]

another american engine in the drain at about 100k what a piece of junk. but it sounds good right? lmao. wanna race my honda with 223k? lmao i dont think so mine still runs perfectly and the more you dogg it the better it runs. lmao what a pile of junk. scrap it get $20 for the damn POS

[styl0us]

Really, pureadrenaline25? That's why I blew a JDM Starlet motor up at 66k, right? Foreign engines are just as shitty as American. Get real. If you beat the fuck out of any motor for 100k+ it's gonna have failure, nothing is perfect, everything has a breaking point.

[shawn1911]

its the bearing i just had my engine rebuild

[evenexchange]

Timing chain guides. Timing chain guides. Timing chain guides. You got slack. Look at my video with the rod knock, I had this exact same noise until I threw a bearing.

[soccompolice]

sounds like someone needs a oil change? ha

[scott85500]

well what can i say, every ford ive owned has sucked so thats my opinion...

[expertvaricoseveins]

scott85500... Why don't you go and shove some cigarette butts up your ass.

[nance383]

valve guides in driver side head its was a defect in those years models, and that engine does not have lifters lol

[scott85500]

Well lets see a piece of shit ford knocking or ticking, pretty typical should of bought a camaro

[jkirsch111]

Did you ever figure out what it was My 04 cobra makes the exact same noise.

[dustinwaller87]

either the timing chain, or the valves could be sticking...

[bdawg4snow]

timing chain tensioner- i would put money on it. Its a common problem for the 4.6s

[koendebouvre]

Hallo,

I dont speak english this well, but i have a small idea, perhaps the valves...

In the early days, when you bought the gasoline (is this right? in dutch we say "benzine" perhaps translate) and they have added the chemical element Pb.

Now you dont have that anymore, and this could cause problems in old cars

Hope you understand me LOL

[Griffon327]

The gasoline content (LEAD) to lubricate the valves was removed in 1975 give or take a year the effect it has in not being present is ONLY on vehicles 1974 and older that do not have steel inserts in the heads and does not apply in a 1996 vehicle with aluminum heads with steal inserts. People with no knowledge on the subject should not post helpful hints to people with problems as you only create more problems. Just cause you read it on the internet does not make you a mechanic......

[fsherman898]

could be your valves*

[fsherman898]

i'd have to say timing chain slap, could be your valves

[santiagomel00]

yup, get the new aluminator from frpp goes for around 5500 bucks. sounds like a bearing or your cam followers, and springs are toast. you don't got lifters by the way its over head cam you got followers.

[xaviervahidy]

spun bearing, lifter, rod ect.... would make noise all the way up the rpm range.... not just at 1100. my guess again is the timing chain tensioner

[primer50]

yea sounds like an internal problem.. spun bearing or mabye a timing chain slap

[oli77775]

It could be a piston slap if the sound stop when the engine warms up... I had the same problem on my 99 cobra and I had to make an overhaul

[andrefecteau]

probably cheaper just to buy a whole new engine...many on Ebay...good luck

[andrefecteau]

dohc has no rocker arms, you have more than likely a wristpin (on rod) knocking...engine is shot...get it rebuilt

[cobrastang305]

my 98 cobra sounded the same. i had a spun rod bearing. if thats the case fix it soon. it will only get worse

[2004gtstang]

could also have spun a bearing from the connecting rod to the crankshaft I had a john deere machine that was making that same noise and sure enough the operator spun a bearing could also be a valve if someone adjuted your valve lash and didnt adjust it right one of your valves could be slapping your piston...could be many things you should check your oil every time you drain it see if you get any metal in it

[giveblood16]

Yeah...that sounds like a collasped lifter. It did the same thing in my 96 Cobra aslo..so either your burning alot of oil somewhere, might want to check your valve seals.

[t1cketking]

we have a 73 mach 1 with a hole in the piston and it does it only at a certain rpm. sucks for us but that might not be the problem with you lol

[bignick01dakota]

my trucks oil pump was maken that noise i changed it and it was fixed believe it or not the timeing chain guids broke off and cloged it up it ruined the pump

[aug15r]

hey THE EXACT!!! same problem with our mustang

we I just got new exhaust. so it either you

need to exhaust....other than that idk

[wf626]

I have a 96 cobra. At that low RPM it could also be your cats!

[97preludevtec]

adjust valve lash

[Hawkman440x]

adjust the rockers, if its not that,lets hope not a rod/main bearing.

[masterd151]

valvetrain noses are loudest around 1500 rpm

[MistaX8]

The rockers and lifters would continuously make a noise. It's most likely a rod or a crankshaft problem. Probably a bad bearing. Damn, if I had my notes from my basic engines course with me right now I could give ya every possible thing that could be wrong with it right now.

[kjohndal]

i agree with super...rockers are tapping

[sp1epiphany]

maybe cams

[danielrrussia]

my car makes exactly the same noise at 2500rpm+. my mechanic diagnosed it as rod knock (connecting rod). If you find out what it is, let me know - hope its nothing serious.