Hello,
The engine is a Twin charger, it has a turbo and supercharger.
The supercharger is belt driven off the coolant pump pulley, see image 1 below.
As my colleague advised, first remove the main serpentine belt and see if the noise disappears.
A good video showing the belt removal and showing the coolant pump pully:
https://youtu.be/FfjGLkSTXvw
This will separate a possible timing chain issue from an ancillary component driven by the serpentine belt. See layout of timing chain components in image 2.
You could then turn the coolant pump pulley by hand and check if there is any clicking noise coming from the supercharger side. The water pump pulley incorporates a magnetic clutch, like an air conditioner compressor, to activate or deactivate the supercharger. These wear out and could cause a similar noise, see image 3.
See a good video:
https://youtu.be/d2AwCacVg4Y
Hope this helps.
Cheers, Boris
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Sunday, March 5th, 2023 AT 12:47 AM