Aloha from Hawaii,

I've had my 1989 2.0L for 3 months now and its been a dream, but now its making a terrible knocking noise, I can't figure out where its coming from.

So far I have:
  • Took alternator and water pump / Fan Clutch out of the picture (Replaced Waterpump anyways)
  • Dropped Oil pan - Pan is clean.
  • Connecting Rod bearings sound ok
  • Everything on the rod side has been re-torqued to spec
  • Replaced both Belts and tensioners.
  • Started from scratch and retimed all marks at TDC #1 - Rotor points at #1 and firing order (1-3-4-2) is correct.


No dice, still has noise.

Its just loud enough where I can't tell exactly where it is.

Here is what I am hearing:

https://youtu.be/TilMduKZNnE

Any ideas?