[cautiocones]

So I know this is bad but I haven't had the money in a while to fix it, but about 6 months ago I had a new crate motor installed, a few months later I started getting a ticking/clacking sound that's very loud near the front of the engine which sounds almost like a collapsed lifter, it does it all the time from the moment I start the jeep until I turn it off but it seems to kind of dampen slightly when I press the gas. And now a whirring/whisteling noise just started whenever I press the accelerator almost like a bad bearing coming from the alternator/distributor area. One person told me a bad lifter another told me a rocker arm or bad timing chain tensioner, any ideas on what it may be or a way to test?

 

[Ibuildembig]

Maybe a bad bearing in the water pump

 

[camarozz]

Exhaust leak?

You could take the belts off to see if the noise changes.

you could remove the valve cover and verify there are no loose rockers.

 

[cautiocones]

Its not an exhaust leak it did it even before I installed a new exhaust it sounds like a loud fast chattering sound I could try uploading a video to see if anyone could identify it? Iv also been getting a fuel injector control code and that its running lean