Ok so now I've looked in there. Looks normal to me, oil nice and all... Anything in particular I should notice?

 

cruiser, did you give up on me and my Dolly?

 

Nah. Somehow I didn't get notified of the previous post.

Is it black and sludgy or can you see the shiny metal of the rocker arms?

 

Not all that shining per se, but I changed my oil a few weeks ago so it's not black at all. Good healthy oil
I could see the arms down there, yes. All oily.

 

Oily but not black and sludgy with a film of crud on them, right?

 

No, nothing like that at all.

The Jeep hasn't ticked at all for 2 days now. Though short trips to work and back, but still.
Such a weird thing that Jeep of mine... Doesn't seem to be that serious since she runs just fine.
But I do want to know why she ticks all of a sudden!

 

Probably a sticky lifter. Did you say you just changed the oil?

 

Yes, a few weeks ago, maybe a month or so. Less than 2 months ago, that's for sure.

But with a sticky lifter, shouldn't it tick constantly?

 

No. They can stick and unstick.

 

Ok I see.
Is it urgent to fix, or can I keep driving til spring comes, in about 6 months?

 

So today after work, after i drove it a bit further, she started ticking! But very long between the ticks...
Sometime tick-tick and a 2-3 second pause, then tick and so forth..

Opened the driver door and it is clearly its coming from under the car... Sooo weird..

 

take a video/recording and post it up!

 

You're right, i will do it as soon as possible!

 

Great idea.

 

Well here she is, ticks like crazy today...

http://youtu.be/lauM87ymiGs

Very dark but at least you can hear it. Going under it in the end and then an old Danish lady for a neighbor came by...

What's your verdict?