Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums General Troubleshooting Idle ticking, quietish, random - pulley?

Hey guys

Well good news/bad news.

Car hasnt done anything bad or scared me in the last 70,000 miles. Today after arriving at school, I turned off the radio and heard a light tapping/clicking coming from the lower pass side. Its faint, but you can hear it. I highly doubt its a spun bearing, I still have lots of power 2,000 - 4500k range.

I have searched but no one has really described a light tapping at a stop. Im thinking maybe main pulley on the right side...or maybe valve pins?

My mustang has this type of problem and it was a bad lifter causing a ticking...but it was all the time. I cannot hear this when accelerating or reving up.

Thanks to all.