Clicking Or Tapping At Idle

May 19, 2017
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Hey guys,

I've had this 1999 gt for about a month now. I replaced a cracked valve cover on the passenger side when I first purchased the vehicle. After chasing down other non engine issues, I have noticed my engine now has a very noticeable tap or click coming from the valve cover area. Below is a link to a youtube video I recorded of the tapping. It sounds much louder on the video than it does when I stood outside of the vehicle.


View: https://youtu.be/MI5WJdhK2yE


Any thoughts on what this could be?

Yes I'm aware of the squeaking pulley.

Edit-. I'm not sure why this posted in general when I was in 4.6 tech...
 
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Its at 165k miles. I only had the passenger side off and did not look at the timing chain shoes.

I did take a picture when I cleaned up the gasket area though. Not sure if you can tell anything from that.
 

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