Sounds like a rocker arm, valve or push rod.

 

Mine does the EXACT same thing. Drives me nuts. Had it checked out over a month ago and dealer said it was injectors.
But seems to get louder some times too

 

Must be some beefy injectors to make that kind of chattering. That doesn't sound right.

 

My V6 makes ticking noises... from the injectors and the High Pressure Fuel Pump- fuel dampener.

But something else is ticking in this video---- Im going to say- no-- mine does not do that...

 

Same sentiment with my V6, but it’s the 3.0L. Mine is quieter than that.

 

It comes and goes. It doesn't stay loud like that after sometime. I don't feel or see any difference in the driving at all. Just that sound it produces from time to time. If i were to shut the car off and restart it after a minute or 2 its gone.

 

YEP
Same again
Now I dont feel alone

 

Start poking around the engine until you find where it is loudest.
Just put a long screwdriver up to your ear and it works like a stethoscope.

 

The handle end by your ear, not the pointed end !

SNL - "I hate when that happens".

 

So I went to have it checked out. I took it to my personal mechanic he told me I need a valve adjustment. While i took it to the dealership and told me that it's possibly the secondary air pressure valve and that its normal for it to make that noise. Luckily I knew the service guy at the dealership and didn't get charged. But now I'm stuck with the clanking noise and not sure what to do. I told the dealership that it gets really loud from time to time. But when I took it in that day it didn't even come close to what the video produced and said they can't do anything about until I can replicate the noise in the video to determine what it is. I'm still under the powertrain warranty. But can't do anything about it.

 

Your soes what mine does and I get the EXACT same responses from Dealer and Mechanics
I do know it goes away after about 1500 RPMs.
No power loss
MPG is 22 average for City and Highway
No Oil Consumption
2010 3.0

But sometimes load and some times quiet

 

There's definitely an extra "fluttery" noise in there that I don't believe my 3.0L engine has. And the clicking noise seems louder, too. As you moved toward the firewall, however, the noise seemed to become less "fluttery" and more "exact" or clearly-defined (the 'clicking', I mean).

Tell you what - I'll take the same exact video of my 3.0L engine this weekend and we can compare the two. When did you take your video? Was it with a cold engine, right after start-up, or was it after returning from a trip, and if so ... how long was that trip?

 

At a cold start just warming up. it sounds normal. After a bit of driving around I would say after an 1hr of driving the noise seems to get loud. But if i shut it down and restart the car it's seems to go away.

 

Kind of sounds like a lifter isn't pumping up. Try an oil change and make sure you use the updated filter it calls for. I think that's a PF63E, but double check. It's suppose to have a higher pressure bypass valve.

 

Kind of sounds like a lifter isn't pumping up. Try an oil change and make sure you use the updated filter it calls for. I think that's a PF63E, but double check. It's suppose to have a higher pressure bypass valve.

That was my First Guess when first heard it .. Lifter ..

 

My 2012 Cruze LT makes a similar clicking sound. When the car was new it was silent at idle, but a few weeks later I came to a stop with the window open and there it was. Took it to the dealership and the tech stuck his head in for a few seconds - said it's definitely the high pressure fuel pump in conjunction with the injectors.

The noise is loudest in the same location that yours is at the end of the video.

I can only hear the clicking when the car is idling and the window is down - no hint of it while driving.

 

Could be a lifter, and am on my 4th vehicle with direct injection. They all have clicky injectors. Doesn’t sound like injectors... too mechanical.
Sounds like 1 ‘device’ making the noise along with the other sounds.
Fuel pressure pump ... isn’t it in the fuel tank?

I’d investigate it more.
Check oil level
Pop the engine cover off and see if it’s more obvious after.

Doubt it is valve adjustment as now a days they are self adjusting hydraulic.
Won’t be a push rod with overhead cams

Rocker? Possibility, or damaged spring

 

You Still Under Engine Warranty??? Go to MyGMC.com Type in Your VIN# & Go to Warranty/Recalls It Will Tell You.
Drain You're Engine Oil*** But, Use a Paint Strainer to Catch "Everything*** (if) You Find a Small Roller Bearing in There it is From Rocker Arm I Think. You "Only" Have to Change Rocker Arm That Has Bearing Missing. After All Oil Has Stopped Dripping **I "Personally" Get Someone to Pour a Full Bottle of 91% Alcohol Right Down the Oil Fill Port While I Hold the Paint Strainer Under the Oil Drain Plug. This Will "Flush" Anything Stuck to the Bottom of the Oil Pan. Sometimes, Small Metallic Pieces Will "Stick" to the Residual Layer Oil at Bottom of Oil Pan. ** Give Alcohol Chance to Completely Evaporate. Then Install Oil Drain Plug**
I Like the Idea of Taking the Engine Cover Off First.
Good Luck! Let Us Know How it Goes.

 

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Here's my 2011 3.0L Engine with 115.5k miles. This is a cold start this morning after sitting 50+ hours. The oil has 3200 miles on it.

Turns out - it sounds very much like *your* video! I think the phone audio makes it sound different/worse than it does in-person/live.

UPDATE: I just listened to the two videos back-to-back 3 times, and clearly - antiks' engine has a more defined "CLICK" noise to it. Could it be the valves slapping against the heads as they open and close? And if that's what it is - what would prevent *any* engine from making that noise? You'd think you'd hear it on every engine. Could it be the surface the valves are closing against?

 

Turns out - it sounds very much like *your* video! I think the phone audio makes it sound different/worse than it does in-person/live.

I hope so - yours makes the 2.4L sound like a quiet engine compared to your video.

 

My GMC Terrain 2016 makes a ticking sound, and yes, it is the fuel injectors. Sometimes it is loud, sometimes it's not. Had it check and nothing was wrong...yes fuel injectors.

 

I went back and listened to original video.
It also sounds like the purge valve.


Some purge valves make a ticking sound on the 3.6s.
My 13 does it.
My 23 does it.
The 23 had a tech bulletin, about the ticking sound traveling along and sound being amplified. And could be heard in the cabin...
There was a 'fix'.
Eventhough my 23 was brand new...and i could have had it done for free, i just ordered the parts and installed them myself.
Cheaper and done right the 1st time vs taking it in, dropping off, getting ride home etc.

Ive pondered doing this to my 13.
But my wife literally said,what ticking?
After 12 yrs of driving it.....
I hear it.... she doesnt.

How to fix: Engine compartment tick/rattle noise.

2nd gen owners may hear a fast ticking,clicking, or rattle like noise inside the vehicle. Usually at a stop or slow speeds. It may sound like its coming from the dash area. Sometimes it happens sometimes not. This is caused by the purge valve. Pressure pulsations are amplified as they travel...

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That is a timing chain slap from the timing chain tensioners. The fule injector that would tick is on the other side. That is a slapping sound not tick.