# Ticking sound in engine while driving **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [December 9, 2007, 10:48am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ticking-sound-in-engine-while-driving/8140 "2007-12-09T10:48:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![IRONMAN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f9ae1b/32.png) [@IRONMAN](https://community.cartalk.com/u/IRONMAN)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2007, 10:48am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ticking-sound-in-engine-while-driving/8140/1 "2007-12-09T10:48:41Z")
1988 JEEP WRANGLER SAHARA 6CYLINDER SAHARA-JUST HAD ENGINE REBUILT-I CAN HEAR A TICKING SOUND WHILE DRIVING. COULD THIS BE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE LIFTER STICKING ---
**Author:** ![IRONMAN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f9ae1b/32.png) [@IRONMAN](https://community.cartalk.com/u/IRONMAN)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2007, 10:55am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ticking-sound-in-engine-while-driving/8140/2 "2007-12-09T10:55:47Z")
JUST HAD THE ENGINE REBUILT AND I CAN HEAR A TICKING SOUND. MECHANIC SAID IT WILL GO AWAY AS ENGINE WEARS IN. I’VE GONE 500 MILES AND THE TICKING IS STILL THERE BUT SEEMS TO BE GETTING LOUDER. IT’S A JEEP WRANGLER SAHARA 1988 6 CYLINDER AUTOMATIC. COULD THIS BE A LIFTER PROBLEM. I’M STUMPED THANKS JIM ---
**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2007, 7:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ticking-sound-in-engine-while-driving/8140/3 "2007-12-09T19:03:08Z")
A ticking could be a valve lifter. A proper engine rebuild means it should have gotten a new set of lifters. If they reused the old ones then I would question the entire rebuild. Another potential source of a tick sound is a tiny exhaust leak between the exhaust manifold and cylinder head. This can sound exactly like a bad lifter.