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Hey I sincerely appreciate the feedback and help guys! From what I understand these engines have solid lifters vs hydraulic. the 2.4’s are indeed a bit noisy I believe due to the nature of the flat tappet cams but this is something else. As it’s warming up when the noise stops it stops suddenly. i’m thinking it may be the variable valve timing solenoid actuator?? I’m not sure if it’s in my head or not but it also seems like the vehicle has lost a little bit of power like for instance when climbing a hill it doesn’t like to keep speed unless I really push it especially with the A/C on. I took the valve cover off and inspected for for anything abnormal, everything looked fine except I did find these two small pieces of metal I’m not sure if it came from productions casting..to me it looks like drillbit shavings or maybe even part of a valve seat

I also noticed during just normal highway driving at around 75 mph on a flat surface The engine oil temp will often get up to and stay in the 230s range. I have spent a fair amount of time looking around and I’m having trouble getting a conclusive answer as to the normal oil operating temperature on these vehicles. Neither my avengers or the 200 have the read out to show oil temp. It’s probably perfectly normal but I would like to verify If anyone would be kind enough to check their oil temperature after being on the highway for about 30 minutes I would appreciate it very much

I have 2 avengers a Chrysler 200 and the Dodge Journey all with the 2.4 only the journey makes the noise it’s loud and obvious. Coming from internal engine components. Hopefully I can figure it out. Thanks for the help

Hello all! I'm writing this in hopes of finally getting to the root cause of my engine noise its driving me crazy, I know with all the knowledgeable folks on here someone will know exactly what this noise is. 2014 journey 104k miles with the 2.4 liter 4cyl motor The noise only happens on the very first cold start of the day the vehicle has to sit at least 8 hours before it will make the noise again and it makes the sound regardless of the outside temp but the colder the temp the louder and longer it makes the sound. The noise started abruptly the next day after a 500 mile trip. It has fresh oil with the appropriate weight and a mopar oil filter installed. I very much appreciate any help or feedback, Thanks in advance IMG_1609 2.MOV