hello all! we have a 2012 fusion with the 3.0 engine. has about 85k on it. We got it used. Never had an issue at all. love the car. it is our first ford so I don't know much about them at all. Anyways, changed the oil on sunday, noticed yesterday (monday) there is a rattle/tick for about 2 seconds at a cold startup. never done that before. anyone know anything with these cars that causes that? makes me think of a GM 2.2 i had that did that and ended up being the timing chain tensioner. some points to make:
Changed the oil on sunday, 60's for the temp.
motorcraft 5-20 oil and MC filter
engine was 1.5 quarts low during change, didn't catch the filter dripping oil, looked like the gasket on the oil filter was giving out a little. nothing concerning except the low oil (yeah yeah should have checked it before, it's the wifes car)
Dropped down to the 20s and 30's for temp monday night
didn't notice the noise before monday, but it very well could have done it before. This is my wifes car and we work different shifts, so i'm not around the car very much.
again the noise is kinda like a rattle, lasts all of 2 seconds then is gone. Like i said i know nothing about these engines as it's our first ford so any help is appreciated, hoping someone knows about these 3.0L. It is not a injector tick or anything like that, it's a little louder and a little more of a rattle sound to it.
thanks in advance everyone!
Changed the oil on sunday, 60's for the temp.
motorcraft 5-20 oil and MC filter
engine was 1.5 quarts low during change, didn't catch the filter dripping oil, looked like the gasket on the oil filter was giving out a little. nothing concerning except the low oil (yeah yeah should have checked it before, it's the wifes car)
Dropped down to the 20s and 30's for temp monday night
didn't notice the noise before monday, but it very well could have done it before. This is my wifes car and we work different shifts, so i'm not around the car very much.
again the noise is kinda like a rattle, lasts all of 2 seconds then is gone. Like i said i know nothing about these engines as it's our first ford so any help is appreciated, hoping someone knows about these 3.0L. It is not a injector tick or anything like that, it's a little louder and a little more of a rattle sound to it.
thanks in advance everyone!