Hot Shot’s Secret launches Tick Fix + Protect, an oil enhancer designed to address lifter tick and valvetrain noise.

General Motors has updated service bulletin PIP6101, which addresses an engine ticking noise caused by a manufacturing defect. The revised version, PIP6101A, now includes more 2025–2026 models ...

Some Buick Enclave owners may notice their crossover producing an engine ticking noise, in particular around the top end of the engine. Now, GM has issued a new service bulletin to addresses the issue ...

Q My car has begun to make a ticking noise from the engine when I first start it, and sometimes the noise continues for almost the whole time I drive it. Does this mean I need a valve job? I ve always ...

Jeff Blitz purchased his '66 Chevy II Nova four years ago, complete with a carbureted 10.5:1 355ci small-block Chevy, a TH350 automatic with a 3,000-rpm stall-speed converter, a 3.55:1 12-bolt rearend ...

A new service bulletin reveals how Chevrolet’s ticking cylinder head problem might be resolved. GM released a bulletin addressing engine ticking noise in certain 2025-2026 vehicles. Noise traced to ...

Any diesel engine can be a bit noisy; that’s just the way they work. But if a new noise has surfaced, then something has definitely changed under the bonnet. First thoughts would be a hydraulic lash ...

The Cummins 6.7L turbo diesel engine entered its fifth generation in 2019. In addition to improved output of up to 400 horsepower and 1,000 pound-feet of torque, the new engine's valve train featured ...

My engine has developed a strange ticking sound. Its whisper-quiet before an oil change, and then makes a loud tapping after a new filter and fresh oil. This cycle has been going on for about 20,000 ...

General Motors has quietly issued a fix for Buick Envision owners who may be hearing an unwelcome percussion sound coming from under the hood. The Detroit automaker released an updated Preliminary ...