# Click, click, click after morning engine start

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/click-click-click-after-morning-engine-start/9517>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [January 16, 2008, 11:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/click-click-click-after-morning-engine-start/9517 "2008-01-16T23:16:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![AllThisPaperwork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@AllThisPaperwork](https://community.cartalk.com/u/AllThisPaperwork)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2008, 11:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/click-click-click-after-morning-engine-start/9517/1 "2008-01-16T23:16:08Z")

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Hey Y’all. I have a 2003 Ford E350 with about 60,000 miles on it. I live in New England. Lately when I first start the car up in the morning I hear a “click, click, click” sound. Anytime I start the car later in the day this sound is not there. Only in the morning. Any ideas?

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**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 12:57am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/click-click-click-after-morning-engine-start/9517/2 "2008-01-17T00:57:54Z")

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Did it start after your last oil change? Is it related to how cold it is?

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**Author:** ![AllThisPaperwork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@AllThisPaperwork](https://community.cartalk.com/u/AllThisPaperwork)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 10:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/click-click-click-after-morning-engine-start/9517/3 "2008-01-18T22:54:18Z")

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Today was the first warm day we’ve had since the problem arrived and it was still there. It is not related to an oil change.

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**Author:** ![shadetree51](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@shadetree51](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadetree51)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 6:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/click-click-click-after-morning-engine-start/9517/4 "2008-01-26T18:08:45Z")

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consider adding 2 ounces of SEA FOAM cleaner oil and driving 20 miles if it is a sticky lifter. Can leave in oil or change it sooner then normal as seafoam recommends as it in oil makes oil dirty faster… it may stop it io