Guess who's on a flatbed headed for the shop right now....

That previous valve lashing which I had yet to get around to.... turned into something far more painful (so clearly wasn't that). Going down the road Saturday, I had a slight uphill trek and halfway up, that ticking lash sound I already had suddenly multiplied itself by 100. Thinking it's a broken connecting rod but I'll save that for the techs.... that !@#$ is too internal for my gearhead knowledge though.

And this is pre-60k miles. *sigh*

In any case, we'll see what it is soon enough. That is my best guess.

Always something.