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thelostbrian
10-26-2007, 09:14 AM
so my brother takes my car over the weekend to keywest.... the car comes back ticking like crazy so i go to check the oil because i know this car is known for burning oil.... anyhow i pull out the dip stick and the dipstick came out but with the tube/housing that it goes in attached to it... seems like that shit broke off....where does that tube lead to directly? and is it welded?

03 ford focus
flexnix
10-26-2007, 10:45 AM
Sounds to me like a hydraulic lifter(s) didn't get oil and they took a shit. Or push rods/rockers.

The tube leads to the oil pan.
Sonic_BOOM
10-26-2007, 10:50 AM
FORD FTL
guti
10-26-2007, 11:50 AM
valve ticking?
thelostbrian
10-26-2007, 01:40 PM
yea its valve ticking... im guessing its just because the shit has no oil...

is that shit usually welded to the oil pan?
Sonic_BOOM
10-26-2007, 01:45 PM
it can either be welded or on by a clamp type would have to chekc it out.
thelostbrian
10-26-2007, 01:47 PM
gotcha.... i guess ill look at it this weekend... for now i gotta drive the "iron duke" 88 chvy s10 with no a/c or power steering lol
Latnballer
10-28-2007, 01:29 AM
Thought you had a TC.
Not sure but do Foci's have HLAs? Hydraulic Lash Adjusters...my Probe used to have them and when I ran it hard they ticked and ticked.
1JALi
10-28-2007, 01:30 AM
Thought you had a TC.
Not sure but do Foci's have HLAs? Hydraulic Lash Adjusters...my Probe used to have them and when I ran it hard they ticked and ticked.

x2, klze ftl.
Steven
10-28-2007, 04:37 AM
gotcha.... i guess ill look at it this weekend... for now i gotta drive the "iron duke" 88 chvy s10 with no a/c or power steering lol

iron duke FTL. hope the crank stays in that one.
flexnix
10-28-2007, 03:04 PM
I was just thinking also that the ticking could be an exhaust leak.

Get a rubber hose (about 3/4" or 1/2" diameter), and while the car is on use it to listen for sounds in specific areas. Or you can use your ears up close in your engine bay and burn your ear off. You choose!
Mafia_Insurance
10-30-2007, 09:30 AM
I think the problem is a focus.
thelostbrian
10-30-2007, 12:52 PM
iron duke FTL. hope the crank stays in that one.
should be way over 300k now... the odometer stopped at 154k about 11 years ago lol
MiketheBarber
10-30-2007, 01:19 PM
I think the problem is a focus.

:bowrofl:
thelostbrian
10-30-2007, 02:01 PM
i just hate ford in general
1JALi
10-30-2007, 02:07 PM
i just hate ford in general

troof!
Steven
10-30-2007, 02:53 PM
should be way over 300k now... the odometer stopped at 154k about 11 years ago lol

damn, thats a long ass time for an iron duke. those things have crazy problems with the crankshaft from what ive heard.
thelostbrian
10-31-2007, 07:21 PM
damn, thats a long ass time for an iron duke. those things have crazy problems with the crankshaft from what ive heard.

From what I read on the s10 forums my mileage is pretty common