Wood Pecker sound?????

[thearab944]

I noticed last night that while driving at ranodm times ill get a sound that sounds like a wood pecker pecking at a tree. if u speed up, u hear the sounds faster. could this be a spark plug? usally a bad plug will miss and make a weird shudder, but a series of wood pecker like sounds right after eachother at random?(im not entirely sure if its at random) help PLEASE! i have a 2001 bmw x5 3.0i with self leveling, 18's(95k miles)

[fln8tive]

Notice it more when cool or hot? How is the oil pressure? Could it be the oil pump? What about connecting rods?

[thearab944]

it never gets....hot, i think its whenever the engine is on tho, the Check control unit says nothing the engine light isnt on, nothing. how do i check if the oil pump work or if the connection rods are good?

[Eurosport]

where is the sound coming from? does it by any chance sound like crickets in the instrument cluster area?

[noncom23]

Sure sounds oil related, rod, etc...