The noise is a tapping or clicking sound thas seems tobe coming from under the passenger side valve cover. I hear nothing when the car is idle. But when i press on the gas or when the car is under load i hear the tapping noise.Its gets faster as the rpms increase. Get of the gas its stops. Any ideas what this annoying sound could be. I know it has to go to the shop i just wanna a heads up of what i'm dealing with. 
Tapping sound under Valve Cover
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yea man i have the same problem
--no tapping noise at idle
--------car starts up fine idles fine ---
--once i hit 2000rpms or so the tapping starts
---------it gets faster with the rpms and it gets louder---
---------can be heard in and outside of the car------------
if i am crusing on the highway at say 70mph or so and not giving the car gas it goes away
as soon as i touch the gas even a little bit i get the tapping
tappping noise with the clutch pushed in or out makes no differnece
now that i have the blower on i dont want to get into boost because of fear of a bend valve or something
i was told maybe an exaust leak toke the car to an exuast shop and they cant find a leak
i am out of ideas looks like a my be putting this car in an engine shop
--no tapping noise at idle
--------car starts up fine idles fine ---
--once i hit 2000rpms or so the tapping starts
---------it gets faster with the rpms and it gets louder---
---------can be heard in and outside of the car------------
if i am crusing on the highway at say 70mph or so and not giving the car gas it goes away
as soon as i touch the gas even a little bit i get the tapping
tappping noise with the clutch pushed in or out makes no differnece
now that i have the blower on i dont want to get into boost because of fear of a bend valve or something
i was told maybe an exaust leak toke the car to an exuast shop and they cant find a leak
i am out of ideas looks like a my be putting this car in an engine shop
Change your oil.
Amazingly enough my Chevy pickup today did the same thing. At first it was very light and almost didn't hear it over the exhaust. As the day went on though it got worse and I checked the oil and it appeared fine. It was dirty, but alright. I called my mechanic and he told me it would be fine to drive, just change the oil when I came back.
I drove it about 80 miles before I stopped and picked up some oil to do the change and checked the oil again. This time it didn't even show on the dipstick. I thought maybe because it was up in the motor so I added a quart anyway. It didn't go away and I figured maybe it burned the oil so I put another quart in. No more ticking all the way home.
I had all the same symptoms. It would come and go. If the engine was parked for a bit it wouldn't do it, when it warmed up it would.
Amazingly enough my Chevy pickup today did the same thing. At first it was very light and almost didn't hear it over the exhaust. As the day went on though it got worse and I checked the oil and it appeared fine. It was dirty, but alright. I called my mechanic and he told me it would be fine to drive, just change the oil when I came back.
I drove it about 80 miles before I stopped and picked up some oil to do the change and checked the oil again. This time it didn't even show on the dipstick. I thought maybe because it was up in the motor so I added a quart anyway. It didn't go away and I figured maybe it burned the oil so I put another quart in. No more ticking all the way home.
I had all the same symptoms. It would come and go. If the engine was parked for a bit it wouldn't do it, when it warmed up it would.
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