my car started ticking awhile back and it went away like 2 days later, its been like 2 months, and yesterday it came back, slowly getting louder, so i was in mcdonals parking lot and i poped the hood and asked my friend to rev it lightly while i listened, and it was ticking and getting faster with the increaing rpms, then like a dumb *** he over revved it way to much (kids, when they have power at there foot they get stupid) and now when i hit the gas lightly it runs all choppy and sounds wierd, but when i push it more its fine,... then when i let off the gas slowly and hold it right befor it was all the way released it sounds wierd and backfires a lil, whats goin on? someone please help i need to fix it tomorrow.

 

Did you check your oil

 

Sounds like lifters ticking. Does the noise sound like its coming from the top of the engine.

 

yea, whatever side u listen to it on it sounds like its coming from that side, is it hard to fix?

 

iv thought it was the lifters for awhile, but what i dont get is why is the engine running wierd after my friend did that to it?

 

yesterday i was showing a friend a reverse burnout (ricers dont know nothing about that) and i got real bad wheel-hop and she stalled, so this morning i went to check my oil like one of u said and i started her up and listened, barly heard the ticking, and for some reason...i tapped the distirbutor cap and the ticking got a whole lot worse, so im puttin it back on now, do i have to do anything to the timing? i duno how plz explain

 

Overrevving an engine with hydraulic lifters causes them to pump up. That will leave a valve slightly open all the time. Youll want to check for a bent valve.

 

if you hit the cap and it made the ticking louder check that the cap is on straight, a rotor hitting the side of a plastic cap sounds kinda similiar to a lifter...

 

yea i thought it was the lifter, got ready to take the valvle cover off and decided to listen to it one last time, accidnetly tapped the distirbutor and it got worse, cap was loose from the wheel hop i guess, rotor was torn up, got a new one replaced it and all is good =) thatnks guys.