ticking sound

[suprajustin88]

Hello everyone. Ive been having a ticking sound coming from under my valve cover, so i assume its from my valves. Its there when i start it up and after i drive for a while it goes away. I'm assuming this is valve tick, and hopefully not something worse. Is this a hard or expensive thing to fix? I probably can't do it myself so I will have to take it to a mechanic. By the way its a 1988 7mgte
Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

[Yellow 13]

It goes away after awhile? Im not to sure but Id go have your valve springs checked. I had something similar and it turned out to be the springs.

[BIKNICKEL]

Make sure your sparkplug wires are not frayed or exposed. It is possible that the ticking sound is an arcing wire shorted to a ground.