My 96 contour atx 124,000 has been ticking loudly lately. It kind of sounds like the marble in a paint can. It will go away slightly upon acceleration, but I can hear it come back as the rpms begin to fall back down.
It did go aleast 8,000 without a oil change, but I recently ran a little berrymans through and changed oil and filter. this helped somewhat but it is still quite noticable.
Does this indicate that a lifter is bad or stuck? what can I do to diagnose this problem as my haynes repair manual doesnt really give me any ideas.
