Tickety Tickety tick

[dhirocz]

Got a nice tick going on. Sounds to be from the top of the head, only after the oil warms up, and mostly at or off idle.

Can't pull the valve cover off, it's raining like hell right now.

Oil was just changed before I went out, maybe 2k miles ago, with gear oil.

I noticed a similar sound yesterday, in FL 500 miles away. Now it's definitely more pronounced. Not a knock, but an RPM dependant tick when warm. I'm going to pull the top end apart when it stops raining (at my house now), and inspect the valve train. Sounds like maybe a rocker backed off or a roller is on its way out.

Anything else, or am I missing something? I'm trying to keep her chugging along until after this covid goes away so I can inframe it, it's about time. CM871 880k on the stock engine, @m*m^2 @ 685k.