strange engine sound

[dirtywhiteboy]

The newly fired engine in my wagon has a strange noise, sort of like a loud PS pump. It is there even with the serp belt off. I thought is could be the timing chain hitting the cast aluminum cover, but there is no hint of the noise listening to the cover. I plan on pulling the balancer off to make sure that is not it. I just remembered that I used a Jegs multi-position timing set that uses a thrust bearing.....anyone had any noise from one of those torrington bearings on a timing gear???

I would really rather not pull this thing out or even apart


Thanks

Brian

 

[jrm81bu]

May not be much help but I'd unbolt you're torque convertor, just to rule out anything with the transmission.

 

[CamaroAdam73]

Yeah definitely rule out anything transmission related first before you rip that engine apart again. And i don't know if this will help that much but when i did my valve lash i used a piece of tubing to pin point which valves clatter, you might be able to do that to determine where the noise is coming from on your engine.