3rd Gen V6 Loud Ticking Noise (not Vac Pump T-SB-0316-17!) Actual Issue TBD

My 2017 V6 4x4 MT with 34k miles has been making this noise. sounds terrible. have an appointment at the dealership but curious if anyone else has had this same issue. thanks!

 

similar noise for me, mechanic told me its the injector and its normal

 

Welcome to TW.

Couple of threads in here addressing the injector noise. Not sure if that's what you're hearing, but damn, that's pretty loud.
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...oming-from-drivers-side.668109/#post-23440732

 

93 ishk on mine that’s not right . Almost sounds starved for oil .

 

That sounds too loud to me to be the normal injector cleaning cycle

 

No that is not normal.

 

Not normal!

 

I feel the same, it does sound like a valve. But phone audio can be deceiving sometimes.

 

also a 2017 MT V6. yep, not normal. good luck and please report back.

 

Yeah, first time I mentioned it to the Toyota tech he said some injector bologna. Agreed not normal or acceptable.

 

"ticking noise" and "injector cleaning cycle" seem to have become interchangeable terms around here. the injectors do tick in their cleaning cycle, but this is not that noise.

 

He's right in that Tacomas have an injector cleaning cycle that sometimes runs during low RPMs resulting in a strange ticking sound. But from what I hear in your video that sounds way too loud to be normal. Has he heard it in person?

 

Agreed.

 

Not yet. They'll hear it tomorrow morning. Straight talk though, the audio in the video is painfully accurate.

 

Thanks and will do.

 

definitely not right. Oil is good though.

 

Hopefully you don't get the lazy ole "that's normal for these trucks" at the dealer.

 

No I mean that maybe the oil pump is going out .

 

ah, gotcha. Good to know. I'll make sure they check the oil pump. Thanks.

 

Dude, seriously. That seems to be the default.