Ticking from engine loudens with acceleration

[dr---j]

I took my car out for a spin, came back cause a ticking noise had occured after the gas pedal got stuck....Now I have a slight oil leak and a ticking in my engine which loudens with acceleration...Any Ideas?

[OldSVTGuy]

Try pulling the spark plug wires one at a time. If the sound goes away on one cylinder, you have at least isolated the problematic cylinder. There are other things that cause a tick, such as a blown exhaust gasket, too, but this is pretty easy to isolate by just listening at the head/header junction. Hope it's the latter and not the former.