I have a rattle somewhere in the front of my engine. It sounds like its coming from my fan area, I have a engine driven fan, I tighten the bolts on it, and still is rattling. Then I put my car on ramps got under it and check to see if anything could be banging and I though I found the problem , but when I went to start it again it still was rattling. What else can I do, I mean this is so annoying. I tightened everythin that I could see and still. Well Thanks Greg

 

smog pump i herd of them breaking and making a ticking noise?

 

This is more of a exaust leak kinda rattle but infront of my engine. I am getting so frustrated looking for it. I have no Idea what else it could be, It seems to do it really loud when the engine warms up.

 

Take off all the belts and see if it goes away, then if it shuts up, put them back one at a time until you find the offending part.

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valve tick?

 

Its something external that for sure, Its just that Its either get my hand chopped off looking for it, and fix it, or keep the hand and have it drive me crazy , Tough Decision? Or just park it, and let it gather its thoughts, then try again. Im out of patience with it

 

My Water Pump made that noise and it wasnt even bad, I replaced it anyways. Cheap part, but time consuming. You can always shoot it with some good old WD40, it'll last for a few days.

 

I am gonna replace my water pump, I am gonna buy a high flow one from the Jegs Catalog..

 

Drip some water on the fan belt and the noise may go away. A fan belt sometimes makes a rattling sound.

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88 GTA 5.7 TPI Charcoal Grey Bone Stock except for loose muffler which makes it a bit louder than normal.

 

I found the problem, Its definetly the Water pump. I would shoot some wd-40 into it and It would stop for like 5 sec then it would start again but not as bad so, Im gonna replace it. Thanks for all your help everyone...