97 taco 3.4 tick help me

i got a 97 taco 3.4 5 speed it has a tick on the drive side. sounds like a liter to me just sounds like its in one spot. what should i do??

should i just try to replace that one liter or is this ok

truck has 151,000 miles and im about to do a timing belt so this is when i want to replace or what

thanks

 

Welcome to the site!

Not really sure what you mean when you refer to replacing a 'liter', do you mean a valve? A slight tick is a common traight to these motors, but what you have might be more than that.

Have you checked the obvsious like the oil or changed it recently?

 

Well there is 3.4 liters to be changed.

 

they all have a slight tick. it has to do with the emissions system, not the valves.

 

Perhaps he meant lifter?

 

i did mean lifter hahaha sorry

the oil was just changed and it still does it. it just sounds like one lifter is ticking
a friend said sometimes it happens but idk and before i take and try to replace it
i thought i would ask here 1st thanks

 

Mine ticks all the time, always did.

 

may sound stupid but my truck ticks when i get on it a little with regular gas. kinda sounds like spark knock or something. as soon as i put premium in it the noise disappears so i just keep premium in there now and no more ticking.

 

That's ping your hear, pre ignition.

 

whatever it is, premium gas gets rid of it...

 

it just sounds like that on one side the other side sounds good it ticks at idle and when u give it gas it just gets alil louder with more gas