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I’ve replaced the idler and it sounds better, all the other pulleys sounded good. I still hear a faint ticking off time with the fuel pump but at this point it’s probably just a rock or some shit. I hear it near the IM but can’t pinpoint anything. So I’ll leave it alone.

Will do! I appreciate the help. I'll report back probably later today but I'm pretty certain it should be good after this. At least, I hope.

Yeah I guess it was stupid of me to ask at this point haha. But hey, see that green noob tag under my name? Accurate.

I should mention I found grease on the bearing of the idler pulley, another reason I suspect it

It’s something I’ve listened for but I definitely can’t hear it increase with rpms. The only one I see moving at all is the idler. I’m about to go take another look and do what I can with my limited work space. I appreciate all of you for the help.

That’s been part of the problem unfortunately, I live in a place where I don’t have a flat area to get it up on ramps so I haven’t been able to remove the belt. But I’ll see what I can do about that. The reason I suspect the idler is that it moves a bit more than the video shows side to side and...

I have a 2011 MS3 with 91,500 miles. Since I’ve owned it I’ve done regular oil changes and so on, all the maintenance I should do. This ticking noise outside of the fuel injectors is driving me crazy, it doesn’t go away when I press the clutch and the only issue I can see is that the idler...