Is my car knocking? Noisy Camry

[Nick1994]

I bought my 1997 Camry 2.2L automatic 4 months ago at 185k miles. Have changed the plugs and wires, PCV valve, valve cover gasket (no sludge), and am running Pennzoil Ultra 5w30 and a Wix filter. The car has sounded like this since I bought it. It runs good, no smoking or issues. It has kind of a noisy motor and am not sure what to really call the noise whether it's a knock, a rod, a valve, I'm not sure. I've walked by other Camrys and could hear they have kind of the same noise. What do you guys think? Here's a link to the video:

http://youtu.be/UPAFBj1BiBA

Thanks

 

[ram_man]

Sounds fine to me

 

[MrQuackers]

Sounds OK to me in the video. Maybe serp tensioner spring is getting weak?

 

[robshelton]

Sounds normal to me. I have a 93 and 2000 Camry, both 5SFE 2.2 4cyls.

 

[rjundi]

Sounds better than my Subaru!

 

[datech]

I didn't hear any knocking or anything but maybe there was a kind of 'whirring' noise, like from a belt.

If it is something serious it will get worse before it gets better.

 

[Nick1994]

Ok glad to hear it doesn't hear awful. I forgot to say I changed the timing belt, tensioner, idler pulley, and water pump when I bought it.

 

[Vikas]

Better than my 1999 Camry! Mine has some noise (valves?) for the first minute or so of the cold start.

 

[Silverado12]

There's something going on with one of your belt driven accessories. Maybe a belt, tensioner, idler pulley, but something doesn't sound quite right. Idler pulleys are common to fail at over 100K miles.

 

[charbaby]

Maybe some injector noise/ticking but, that's about all I can hear for an engine with close to 200K miles

 

[charbaby]

Originally Posted By: Char Baby
Maybe some injector noise/ticking but, that's about all I can hear for an engine with close to 200K miles

In addition! Not that I am Pro/Con to this but, maybe some MMO or TC-W3 in the fuel at fillups(proper dossage) will quiet down what you are hearing...IDK!