brown spit8

the other day i noticed a ticking/fluttering noise coming from the driver side floorboard. the higher the rpm, the faster the ticking. on heavy accel it gets louder. then when i shut it down last night the noise continued for about 10 seconds then finally died out.

first, i know its not a cadillac so no posts about turning the radio up please. the noise is more annoying than anything, and horsepower seems the same. i thought it might have something to do with electric power, cause shortly after the windows wouldnt go down/up unless the button was held down and last time this happened the battery died.

any ideas?

theedge67

I'm stumped. How fast is the ticking? If it is once a second or so, it could be a breaker tripping in the fuse box. That is located in the driver side footwell.

brown spit8

its a couple times a second and gets faster /slower as the rpms go up and down

tmcolegr

exhaust leak??

brown spit8

i dont think its an exhaust leak because it continued after i shut the engine down for a couple of seconds.

theedge67

Man, I can't think of anything that would vary with the rpm's AND continue after the engine shut down. I'm stumped!!

brown spit8

im not quite sure what to think either

JonCo

I have a very minor "butterfly/ticking" sound in high RPMs. Nothing during idle or when its shut off. Again its very faint.

brown spit8

anyone else???

BuzzyStang05

Long shot: The bell housing inspection plate bolts missing? This was an issue on the 2005's, I thought they had it fixed by now.

Here's a thread on it and some other solutions to ticking:

http://forums.bradbarnett.net/showthread.php?t=65063

brown spit8

well i have an 05 so its a possibilty, but why after almost 3 years..... ill check it out tomorrow

brown spit8

that wasnt it i put the washers in there and the sound is still there

05YellowGT

Don't the fuel injectors make a ticking sound ? Sorry , just realized you said from the floor board ...

BuzzyStang05

Only thing else I could think of is the Center Stack Rattle TSB for the midpipe hangars. .

http://bradbarnett.net/mustangs/gala...sb06_04_01.pdf

Here's the engine ticking TSB:

http://bradbarnett.net/mustangs/gala..._08ticking.pdf

I am not a professional mechanic, I just play one on the internet.

brown spit8

i was lookin around today andfound a similar post on another site. it said lots of people have this noise and it comes from either the gauge cluster or the dashboard trim near the windshield

DavidM

I gotta say exhaust leak. I see you have some aftermarket exhaust mods done. I would start there. Look to see if you have everything tight and squarely seated. Then look for any cracks in the headers.

brown spit8

i'll look into it when i change the oil in bout 200 miles. im still skeptical on the exhaust leak end because the noise continues after i shut the engine down, but ill tighten things up and see

DavidM

There could be a small possiblity that the starter is not fully disengaged and could be the culprit. Never heard of that being a problem on these cars but perhaps. Ya might put the car up on stands in the front and start her up crawl underneath and try to pinpoint the noise. An old trick that works for noisy lifters/valves is to put a wooden hammer against potential noise makers and your ear on the other end. The noise will resonate through the handle and you can actually hear the sound when you pinpoint it.