Just what the title says, out of the blue my car started making the most apparent clicking/tapping noise while driving today. If I accelerate the tapping accelerates with it. I assume this is a valve tap? Not sure, any suggestions, ideas, solutions? Thanks guys.

 

Just a quick update, did the long screw driver test, and placed it on the valve covers and it couldn't really hear anything. However, put it near the intake manifold and it got very apparent. Then put it near the driver side exhaust manifold and it got louder. But it wasn't as apparent on the passenger side manifold. On a side not, the exhuast seemed a little deeper after the tapping started, would a valve tap cause that? Could you hear a tap through the valve covers?

 

try listening to the injectors...

 

im in the same boat as you my friend
i found the tappin to be coming from and injector.,look at my post on here and im not sure who it was right now but ., some one told me basicly,. it will tapp and its breaking internaly.,,.some tapping is a comon thing but soon the tapping will stop meaning youll have fuel just streaming into the cylinder.,in stead of spraying.,.,.,.,but yea i would check the injectors!!!

 

It was me, and the noise is caused by weak electrical fields in the injector, that will eventually lead to failure of the part.

 

So if I replace the injectors the ticking should stop? I mean it was the loudest on the injectors, and I could barely make anything out from the valve covers. There has also been a very strong exhaust smell coming from the car, almost like gasonline lately. Could that be a sign of bad injectors?

 

If you were probing the injectors directly, then yes, the fields are getting weak. And that means that the injector(s) may fail at any time and they need replaced.
Especially since you can smell fuel through the exhaust you want to get them replaced ASAP, as the longer you wait, the more fuel washed your cylinders become stripping away lubrication for the rings, burning them up.

 

so thats why i smell fuel oh crap i hope i have not wore the rings down yet oh crap,..,., thats what wrong,.., thaNKS GUYS i realy do like the forum its the best thing for theses camaros,..,., awsome thanks all