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Submitted 148 days ago...

73M

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Malibu ticking sound

Okay i got a 01 chevy malibu and it has a steady ticking sound and when you accelerate its faster any idea what it could all be

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Submitted 148 days ago...

73M

New User (5)

It also sounds like its coming from around the lifters

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Submitted 148 days ago...

kbky11

Brain (4,925)

Thatsn the tappets on the lifters are doing this, sounds like you need a oil addtive, do this and see if this helps, and you might need the valves adjusted!, is it using any more oil , ?

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Submitted 147 days ago...

73M

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My uncle put some kind of cleaner in it but it dident help and ive been using 5w 30 and it really hasnt really been burning up any oil

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Submitted 147 days ago...

73M

New User (5)

And how much would you think it would be to be fixed

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Submitted 147 days ago...

kbky11

Brain (4,925)

Adjusting the valves shouldnt be maybe one hundred dollars , thats around here, which could be cheaper then there, i live in ky, 1st thing id do is get some 40 weight oil , and try that see if it will smooth the sound down , use 10w 40 , and see what that does , if you dont want to go that route get her to a service bay , and let them fix her,

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Submitted 147 days ago...

73M

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K thanks

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Submitted 146 days ago...

kbky11

Brain (4,925)

Hope this helps, thanks for asking the question, if you need any thing let us know!

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