Cam phaser aftermath

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FiveOsvt

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So I was lucky enough to just skate by having the phasers 100% covered on my 2017 Raptor sitting at 68,000 miles. While they were in there they found a broken chain guide that was replaced for $48 out of my pocket. No big deal. Fast forward to about a week later, I cold start the truck and here a loud ticking sound that changes with the rpm’s. Nothing like the cam phaser sound, but definitely wasn’t there prior to the replacement.

The sound did not repeat itself again for a few more start cycles so I figured, maybe it’s nothing to worry about. Well I cold start it again from about 100ft away and I can here the ticking immediately. Anyone with any ideas? I hope @FordTechOne can chime in and shed some light but whatever it is it doesn’t sound good!. Not the best way to start off my Gen 2 experience but I bought it used so I know the game, luckily I snagged an ESP plan but I am confident this sound is a direct result of the phaser work done.

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Oh God - that hurts to hear!

Best wishes on figuring it out!!!
Yes it does, stranger thing is that it appears intermittent as of now. Obviously I will take it to the dealer as any sound is hard to diagnose but I also know a lot of guys on here know these trucks and motors a lot better than me.
 

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It could be phasers still. I had some noise, not sure if it was that bad for about a month after they did mine, the by the time they got me in to look at it, it stopped , hasnt ever happened again and its been a year.
 
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Kinda sounds like an exhaust leak. But then again, my hearing is shot.
This is why I hate noises, I walk around the side it sounds like it’s coming from there, walk around to the front, same thing. I don’t think they pulled the cab and I have not looked into the other method of accessing them to know what is and isn’t removed to see where else it could be originating.
 

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Sounds like exhaust manifold leak to me.
 
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It’s cracked exhaust manifold, right side just above the turbo.
So would it make sense for that to be so intermittently happening?. It has only done it on 2 startups after the cam phasers were replaced. I imagine that the manifolds aren’t touched during cam phaser replacement?. It would be an unlikely (but possible) coincidence that this noise emerged right after the work was done.
 
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