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Well. I had my old man in town and he is pretty good with cars. Used a home made stethoscope ( several ratchet extensions put together) and it works surprisingly well. Before the engine warmed up, we were able to tell a few things. The noise is NOT coming from the lifters or the idler pully...

Brian, I guess it could be the lifters? Not being sarcastic, I know some but not a lot about car engines and how they work. Why would you think it is the lifters? How do lifters go bad? Aren't they what opens and closes the valves? So would the clicking be the valves slamming shut or not...

I replaced the spark plugs, wires, and pcv valve. I was hoping the noise was from the pcv valve??? Nope. It still makes that clicking noise when it is cold though. However I noticed that my idler pulley was just slightly wobbling. I am assuming that this is due to the barings going out on...

Funny. My 2002 just started doing that this winter too. About to hit 100K and I came on hear to look up some maintenance and saw this thread. The only thing I have changed this year is that it is outside instead of in the garage (Reserved for the Infiniti:D). I'm about to change the spark...