Hey i own a 1996 excel and replaced the oil + fuel filter is it a bad sign if it starts ticking on start-up?

If it just lasts a few seconds, that's normal. You can avoid that to some extent by filling the new oil filter before you put it on, but the best thing is to crank the engine a little bit with the Ignition disabled, to fill the filter and passages that run dry when you take the filter off. The easiest way to do that is to temporarily pull the ECM fuse.Hey i own a 1996 excel and replaced the oil + fuel filter is it a bad sign if it starts ticking on start-up?
Yes! If it does not withing 5 to 10 second. Most time when I change old pull coil wire or fuse. So I can spen the engine over a few times. The plug coil wire or put the fuse back in to start it up. If make a ticking sound I turn engine off. Then wait a few second. Then fire it up.


The ticking is the valve not getting any oil. The best way to stop it is fill the oil fiter with oil. Or as much as you can get in it. Without making a mess. Some you cannot to tis way at all.


If it stopped right a way the there was no damage to the engine. A good when change oil is do not let drain to long. When it stop running in a stream put plug back in. No longer than getting the fiter off. The same with the oil fiter.Hey i own a 1996 excel and replaced the oil + fuel filter is it a bad sign if it starts ticking on start-up?
i had some cars that tapped on start up and soon went away after warm up a good precaution for a car that old is to put lucas oil stabilizer every oil change engine will last alot longer
check the oil level. low oil can cause valve chatter.