# My Expedition's got this wierd noise

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-expeditions-got-this-wierd-noise/42894>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** noises, ford, expedition\
**Created:** [January 20, 2010, 4:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-expeditions-got-this-wierd-noise/42894 "2010-01-20T16:54:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![Takem01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@Takem01](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Takem01)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 4:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-expeditions-got-this-wierd-noise/42894/1 "2010-01-20T16:54:53Z")

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I recently bought a 2000 Expedition 4WD 5.4 L. It’s got this wierd noise that I think is possibly vacuum related, etc. It’s a ticking noise that only occurs at startup, lasts until I advance the throttle and then it goes away and never reoccurs until I let it sit. Sounds like it’s coming from the right side of the engine compartment and varies with engine speed until, like I said, it goes away when I give it more gas. Seems like it’s related to vacuum.