Really Loud Ticking When Driving

[blageo23]

Ive noticed really loud ticking while driving so today I started the car and tried to find where it was coming from. Well it looks like its coming from the head. Now is this just really bad lifter tick? How do you fix it? I know they have those "revised" lifters but those are expensive. When I put the lifters in I put them in oil and squirted the oil out and repeated and put them in there "dry". I read that somewhere so I followed it. Is that wrong?
Any help would be great!!!
Thanks,
Mike

[blageo23]

I just looked on ebay for fun and the have "lash adjuster" lifters. What does that mean. Is that good? Lots of questions please help!!!

[scheides]

Check your oil? Could be just lifter tick, but lifter tick can be bad...

[A//// Guy]

If it just happened out of nowhere, your either low on oil or maybe its something else like timing. Usually lifter tick doesnt just start out of no where, it slowly gets louder and takes longer for it to quick down once the oil gets warmer.

If timing skipped a tooth or two, you will hear an audible knock which is pistons/valves hitting... Just double check the timing if the ticking just happened out of no where.

[blageo23]

Oil level is good, and timing is right on(just checked both) and the oil looks brand new. If i remember correctly it started out with just a little bit of ticking when I first started it this year and now (800 miles later) its really loud. I just pulled the valve cover and nothing looks bad or anything.

[niterydr]

Does the car seem down on power? Does it change noise under different load levels? Rpm dependant?

[blageo23]

It seems a little down on power. Its usually loader in first gear with light load. I ran it yesterday and it seemed at like 5500RPM there was no added power at WOT. It also seems to pull better with 75% throttle Vs. WOT.

[blageo23]

Also it blows smoke out the exhaust if that matters. But im almost 100% sure that its the turbo taking a dump

[unreal808]

I think you have a bad piston pin or rod bearing or main bearing.

[blageo23]

Just rebuilt engine. All new main bearings and rod bearings. New crankshaft(machined) new pistons and rings. Compression is 150 across.