Welcome! I wish you were not having the issue, but hopefully it can be cured and allow you to fully enjoy your new truck. I have heard that sort of noise from a faulty injector but only some testing and diagnostics can tell for certain.
A couple of quick questions. I imagine you are under warranty? Have you had it to a dealer? Do you have a MIL light on the dash? Have you pulled codes yet? Pulling codes is quite easy and can tell you a lot.
Also when I am looking at something like this I use a short piece of garden hose holding one end up to my ear and listening to various areas of the engine to see if I can narrow down the affected area. This can easily tell you if it is in the valve train area, down in a specific cylinder or even in the lower part of the block.
A few years ago I had a terrible intermittent noise on my 2013 F150. Finally found it- a loose heat shield on the exhaust. Made the engine sound like it was about to blow. Took about two bucks and ten minutes to fix it.
Best of luck, please do update this and watch this thread, some real experts will be reading this and may be able to offer much better input.
A couple of quick questions. I imagine you are under warranty? Have you had it to a dealer? Do you have a MIL light on the dash? Have you pulled codes yet? Pulling codes is quite easy and can tell you a lot.
Also when I am looking at something like this I use a short piece of garden hose holding one end up to my ear and listening to various areas of the engine to see if I can narrow down the affected area. This can easily tell you if it is in the valve train area, down in a specific cylinder or even in the lower part of the block.
A few years ago I had a terrible intermittent noise on my 2013 F150. Finally found it- a loose heat shield on the exhaust. Made the engine sound like it was about to blow. Took about two bucks and ten minutes to fix it.
Best of luck, please do update this and watch this thread, some real experts will be reading this and may be able to offer much better input.
