i get a chatter noise right after i start my truck. it happens for a few seconds then quits.

im thinking the starter isnt releasing right? because if i let go of the key just right it wont do it. idk maybe its something else.

anyone have any ideas or how to fix it? if it is the started can i grease something to make it stop? or is it a new starter?

 

I'll listen to it when i come over tomarrow i think i have a good feeling of what it is

 

lol... why dont you post so other people can critique?

 

because i have about 4 ideas of what it is and i would rather deal with it tomarrow at 10:30 when i am at his house...

 

Ok, just tryin to help a friend out.

 

yes that would be whati am doing i left that first comment so Zach would see it because i will be on the road and he will see it in the morning

 

hes on right now.

 

ya i just signed on I am at work so ya i when i posted that i didnt know if i would have free time at work agian...

 

Ok, i talked to Zach, its the muffler bearings, they keep spinning..































kidding..

 

That sounds like the problem that i had a few weeks ago. I had to replace the starter though.

 

um try checking you oil! trust me on that

 

lol... i change my own oil, and if it was messed up or low i would have figured that out by now.

and its the starter... zach thinks i am crazy cause it doesnt make much sound at all. lol all well, prolly change it out around christmas time.

 

Those damned muffler bearings! And blinker fluid!

I've have the same problem.....one of these days I'll get my camera out and film it. I do check my oil regularly and is not low on oil. Any one else have this problem or had this problem and a cause???

Shane

 

When mine is cold and starts up, you can hear something in the bottom end for like 3 seconds, sounds like rod bearings or something..but then it stops....i dont know what it is though

Rocky

 

is it like not engaging..my nissan did that with a brand new one..had to get it replaced

 

i bet you guys are all wrong.... i get its the dreded timing chain rattle....

mine is making the SAME noise not that is cold out... it almost sounds as if its coming from the fan?

 

ya i listened for it i cant even hear it LOL

 

so after you heard it in person you didnt know what it was...humm...intresting..but it quits in a couple of seconds...take it to a shop..i guess or just live with somethin being wrong

 

it is so quite that you can hadly hear it and also it only last for like 2-3 sec

 

that is suppose to be fixed in 03, plus ive heard that and it goes on and on rattling, this only does it for a few seconds.

 

Mine does the same, its the starter. I'm likely to wait until it doesnt work to replace it!

 

But my question is if it's the starter.....why the starter. The engine is running and the starter isn't engaged and chatter chattter chatter. I think it's not the starter. It may be that timing **** ford messed our trucks up with. My truck has that problem....has since it was 3yrs old. I do not want to tear into the bottom end of my almost brand new truck. I'm going to take it in.

 

HEY YA'LL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am here!!!!!!! Zach, what is wrong with you? I'll bet u 10 to 1 its ur frickin chains man.... or maybe its b/c u haul around 6800 lbs?

 

lol im not complaining that it is doing it i just want to fix it

idk... in a few months it will quit when it warms up :)

 

I agree, just may be the cold. But we will see! good luck on it!