2011 New info on ticking valve train

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Glad people feel the same!

 

i have a 2010 reg cab 4x4 that has made a ticking like noise from day one. chris is right on the money here. a fresh oil change has the ability to quite it down a bit. while its not the smoothest mill out there i have complete confidence in it running for a good long while. i actually thought it to be a manifold problem or some type of exhaust leak originally as well. never asked the dealer about it though and don't believe i ever will. sure i would like it to sound like a bmw inline 6 cyl at idle lol, but it don't.

 

haha if i was going to piss on toyota for something it would not be for the power train, but for the non reclining bench seat WTF is that all about!

 

My 2011 makes that same tick since day 1, i now have 3k miles on it, it seems to be more so when its cold and seems to get drastically more quiet after an hour of driving. i don't hear it at highway speeds, only at idle or if driving along a curb i can hear it well. But this is my second taco, my first was an 08. It had a tick also but my 11 seems to be a little louder than my 08 was. I had actually stopped the truck and got out to inspect the first couples times, now i just ignore it. 2011 = Louder "Tacoma Tick"

 

I totally forgot about the tick. I'm either used to it by now, or it has gone away with age?

 

Usually it doesnt bother me, but i had an exhaust put on the weekend i baught it so it had me concerned, but once i realized it wasn't from the new exhaust i quit worrying about it. A tick wont cause me to love my taco any less though.