I have an 86 ea82 that i just did an engine swap on that has 98.000 miles on it. It dosent have t.o.d but the right cam is loud, kind of sounds like something is loose but the car runs great. Has anyone else ever had that kind of sound? Sounds all most like a dodge 2.2 when the rist pins get wore out, but i know its not piston slap because the sound is comming only from the right cam housing. Man i wish this board had a sound thing to it! Thanks for any help.:-\ Found out the hard way today that the noise is all most definetly the cam bearing Was on my way to work when i heard the most spine ripping screech come from right bank of engine. Idle dropped and then had no power so i got out looked at the right bank and noticed that my cam gear had rubber from the belt on it. I was only 100 yards from work so i limped it to my bosses barn and turned it off. With further inspection i noticed a lot of smoke coming from that side so i turned the engine so the marks on fly wheel lined up and noticed that both dots on the cam gears allmost faced each other so i knew the belt slipped and i know for sure that the ideler is good. That could only meen the cam its self stopped turnning for some reason thus the loud screech like an engine with no oil. So now my question is how hard is it to pull the cam with the engine in the car? Is it hard to replace the cam bearing? The next thing i need to find out is why did that bearing go? Going to dig into it this weekend Wish me luck!

Lifters, try some MMO in the case. How is the oil pressure?

No it is not lifters i know the sound of the tick of death and this is completley different sounds more like there is something loose. Oil pressure is 40.

Lifters, try some MMO in the case. How is the oil pressure?

I had another noise on the DS. It was a loose sound. Kinda clattery or a low tone slapping sound. Ended up being the dizzy. The shaft was very lose. Replaced it and the noise was gone.

No is not disty. comming from passenger side and when i put engine in i checked the disty and its like new.

I had another noise on the DS. It was a loose sound. Kinda clattery or a low tone slapping sound. Ended up being the dizzy. The shaft was very lose. Replaced it and the noise was gone.

Loose T-belt? My brother's roo did that. We replaced the t-belts about 2 or 3 k miles ago and for some strange reason, they worked themselves loose. Tightened them up and the noise has vanished. Other possiblity would be a bearing for the cam?

Not loose belts. I keep my covers off and i checked that first. Is inside cam case hope its not bad cam bearing, How do you tell? I guess its time to take that timing cover off and see if i can notice anything loose. Maybe loose follower?

Loose T-belt? My brother's roo did that. We replaced the t-belts about 2 or 3 k miles ago and for some strange reason, they worked themselves loose. Tightened them up and the noise has vanished. Other possiblity would be a bearing for the cam?

If the follower was loose, that would give you TOD.

Since t-belt tension is ok, how is the idler pully? Does it squeek or make any unusual sounds? Only other possibility is a bearing going on that cam somware.