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I guess you figured out what the problem is. The worst is when somethings wrong and you can’t find the problem and you just pray something breaks so you know what it is
While you have the serp belt off check all your pulleys for wear, loose or noise.
I found my tensioner pulley (#1).had a crack in the plastic that I could see daylight through it.