brother_goot

well i pulled the passenger side valve cover and come to find out bad tensioners! thanks for the input 2000GTFOOL it helped me determine that i was having the same problems with my vehicle, which now will be cheaper than the bearing fix!
Here are some pics that show i was having the same problems. so if you do hear that noise. Get it Fixed!

http://s147.photobucket.com/albums/r...loosechain.jpg
http://s147.photobucket.com/albums/r...rent=tight.jpg
http://s147.photobucket.com/albums/r...ent=loose2.jpg
http://s147.photobucket.com/albums/r...leanvalves.jpg

2000GTFOOL

Glad I could help, Like i said I can't believe I let the car sit over a year thinking it was bearings... I hope to finish the fix this week...

brother_goot

well when you finish the fix let me know exactly what you replaced on it. I have been told to replace the tensioners and guides.

gxszone

Mine had a nasty ticking noise that would increase with RPMs that turned out to be arching due to a lose spark plug. No thread on the head left... the spark plug came off with the COP soon as I pulled it out. Re-threaded the head with a Perma-Plug kit and now the spark plug sits in place more snug than ever.

No more ticking noise!

98SN95

THE ONLY REAL FIX FOR ANY PROBLEM IN YOUR LOWER ENGINE ASSEM. , IS TO PULL IT, AND REBUILD. DO NOT LET SOMENOE TELL YOU THEY CAN PUT SOME BEARINGS IN, AND THAT WILL FIX IT. IF YOU DECIDE TO DO SO, JUST SEND ME SOME OF THAT EASILY EARNED, OR OTHERWISE GIVEN CASHAND I WILL SEND YOU SOME FIX-IT-RITE IN A CAN.

Mustanggt9589

I have the same problem. But like 2000gtfool mine had been diagnosed as a timing belt chain.