How to make injections tick less?

[MrWideTires]

I HATE listening to my injectors ticking, when it's 40F outside they usually tick for the first 10 minutes, in regular 70F days.. they tick for the first 3 minutes.

MMO doesn't help, and it makes no difference between 89, 91, and 93 octane (it recommends premium)...

 

[fsskier]

Turn up your radio! Are you sure its injectors clicking and not piston slap?? The cure for both is the same.

Think what they would sound like up north at -20f!!
The heavy stocking cap over your ears helps quite a bit also.
I am at work in 10 minutes from a cold start.

 

[SLCraig]

Ain't ever going to go away... It's just how an injector works. Inherent noise.

 

[JHZR2]

Are you sure that is your injectors? The only vehicle we have that I can hear injectors on is my BMW... and they only become audible as the engine gets hot.

Tick at cold startup can be lifters, or sometimes a bad ADBV on the filter.

 

[ryan2022]

Run THICKER gas! j/k

 

[Cup of Joe]

Try some TC-W3 and see if that helps. Thus far for me that seems to be the only thing that works. Mine tick worse when hot. I used a mechanics stethoscope to narrow down which injectors where the root of most of the noise. When I stop the injectors will start ticking badly after a minute and then fade in and out.

http://www.amazon.com/Auto-Mechanic-Tech-Stethoscope-Diagnostic/dp/B0034PVBPQ

 

[MrWideTires]

What's piston slap?

 

[lexus114]

Originally Posted By: MrWideTires
What's piston slap?
Its when your pistons get mad at each other,and start slapping themselves around.

nyuk.nyuk,nyuk.

 

[Cup of Joe]

http://www.pistonslap.com/whatisit.htm

 

[MrWideTires]

It shouldn't be that.. it's a relatively "new" car and it only does it when it's cold..