problem is that I can't hear it over the noise of the starter, and when you rev it up, the exhaust noise drowns it out. I only hear it when running.
have not found it yet. pulled the starter/inspection cover and there are no signs of wear on the flexplate or cover.
today I'm going to try to eliminate lifters. I'm going to kill a cylinder at a time, unplug the injector so it's not shooting fuel, remove the spark plug so it's not building compression, and then remove intake/exhaust valve train one at a time.
Theory being that if it is a squeaky roller lifter, by taking the pressure of the valve spring off of it, that the noise might go away.
if that fails and I still hear the noise after releasing the load on all 16 lifters, one at a time, then I'm afraid I'm out of ideas on what to check, and will be forced to start taking stuff apart/off.
can a main bearing squeak like that? if a main was going bad/gone, wouldn't my oil pressure take a hit? pressure is solid and steady.
