It’s a goner, isn’t it?

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Timing gear ???
I honestly have no idea.. it's hitting something solid forsure.. but if it was a rod bearing spun, they usually get worse really quickly, have bad oil pressure and start squeaking before they lock up.

someone said torque converter bolts or flywheel. that might be a good guess. I don't think the starter driving hitting would sounds like that. Hopefully someone has a better idea than me.
 

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What is it idling at? Warmed up it should be idling around 550 rpm.
That noise it to fast for a crank or rod knock if it is idling properly.
 
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first thing I would do is take both belts off and see if the noise goes away, doesn't sound internal to me but hard to say from a video
Thanks I’ll do that tomorrow
What is it idling at? Warmed up it should be idling around 550 rpm.
That noise it to fast for a crank or rod knock if it is idling properly.
Idling just fine…oil pressure, rpm’s. No changes in anything.
 
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I honestly have no idea.. it's hitting something solid forsure.. but if it was a rod bearing spun, they usually get worse really quickly, have bad oil pressure and start squeaking before they lock up.

someone said torque converter bolts or flywheel. that might be a good guess. I don't think the starter driving hitting would sounds like that. Hopefully someone has a better idea than me.
Hmm I’m bringing it to a second opinion this week. We drove it twice to a mechanic and back and no changes so far. Oil pressure, rpm’s, etc have been the same.
 

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Now that i think about it a couple bad lifters could sound like that but both lifters would need to be bad on two cam lobes 180 degrees apart otherwise it would sound more like a double tap.
Unlikely but not a 0 chance
 
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Does it smoke??
Funny you ask. Sometimes. White smoke.
I had two mechanics check for coolant leaks twice on it because I get low on coolant on occasion. Apparently they couldn’t find anything so I gave up. When I delete AFM, it happened less frequently but still happened a couple times a year.
 

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Maybe……
Funny you ask. Sometimes. White smoke.
I had two mechanics check for coolant leaks twice on it because I get low on coolant on occasion. Apparently they couldn’t find anything so I gave up. When I delete AFM, it happened less frequently but still happened a couple times a year.
You could be burning white smoke….. sometimes, but not enough to notice, as you drive easily ?
 

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Just pull valve covers and do a jiggle test. Sounds really fast like a lifter. To me
 

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Longer u run it like that , the worst it'll get
 

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Could it be something rubbing on the timing chain? Like a piece of the tensioner or a piece of the cam position sensor? I mangled two Cam sensors trying to pull them out after 250k on one and only 115k on another, both 2007 L92...
 

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My pushrod ate it and sounded like that just not as loud
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My sound wasn't as bad but very similar
I just threw in a replacement rocker and pushrod some lifter additive for good measure just in case and its runing fine now
 

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