my engine is ticking?

[all costume SVT]

when i start her up i hear a ticking/tapping in the motor. I hear it when i rev and when i'm in gear. Is this a valve? I noticed it about 2 weeks ago. I am worried that i'm looking at spending alot of money on this problem, right? Owell if anybody has any info i could use the help!!!
thanks SCOTT:cuss:

 

[Y2KSVT]

knock stop..... Ok not really.. If indeed you are hearing the dreaded rod knock, a rebuild will be in your near future.. Looking for performance? Doing the work on your own? Your best bet would be to look into a low mileage 01+ oval port 3.0L from the Ford Escape. You can find a ton of information on the different 3.0L swaps, including how-to's over at www.contour.org and www.fastcougar.com. You'll find that this swap will cost less than replacing it with another 2.5L SVT block, and will net you ~20FWHP and ~40FWTQ with a couple bolt-ons.

Mark

 

[all costume SVT]

how much am i looking at? and how hard is it to do it your self? and is it realy worth it?:??:

 

[Ryan]

where is the tapping? It may be a stuck valve adjuster (can't remember the technical name on it).

If it is a bottom end knock, the motor probably would have gone by now.

 

[all costume SVT]

you can hear it at the top of the intake manifold twords the left pasengersside. its not at the bottom or anything like that. I still have grate pickup b i don't get into it an more, only shift at 3,000RPMs is that too high or too low to shift?