Sounds like it to me. Does it go away after about a minute or so? If yes then I wouldn't worry about it. I've got the same thing in my 2000 5.4 2 valve with 170k. Still runs excellent, just has the start up rattle.
We ended up selling the truck, however the noise never went away even if the truck was warmed up. I did a bit more research and found out it was a Ford TSB which stated that it is just normal engine noise amplifying off the light off or cat converter. Apparently its normal, Ford's solution was to just wrap the converters in some sort of sound proofing, but I mean, it doesn't really do much. In any case, its nothing to worry about. Thanks!
Sounds like it to me. Does it go away after about a minute or so? If yes then I wouldn't worry about it. I've got the same thing in my 2000 5.4 2 valve with 170k. Still runs excellent, just has the start up rattle.
We ended up selling the truck, however the noise never went away even if the truck was warmed up. I did a bit more research and found out it was a Ford TSB which stated that it is just normal engine noise amplifying off the light off or cat converter. Apparently its normal, Ford's solution was to just wrap the converters in some sort of sound proofing, but I mean, it doesn't really do much. In any case, its nothing to worry about. Thanks!