2003 Oldsmobile Silhouette Tick Tick sound

it could be any pulley causing it. get a 3ft. stick about 1/4 inch in size.start it up and place it by each pulley and to your ear.you will find the problem.

Not sure if my 1st reply went thru as I was just trying 2 spell check a word & everything disappeared. Anyway as I was saying, U guys crack me up, I realize that 10 bucks doesn't buy much these days put that's really the best U can do " get a 3 ft. stick"...really? I was hoping 4 an answer that was a bit more sophisticated and or technical. Question; won't jamming a stick into a pulley moving @ 800 RPM, not only break the stick but also possibly rip out my ear drum?? LOL I'm thinking now that my $$ would have been better spent @ 2cavemenpro's.com. U guys kill me. Thank you & I will let U know if that does the trick.

u are only using the stick on a none moving part to aid u in which pulley is bad. a seth-scope is another way to hear it.

One of us must b smoking crack, because how in the world could you check 2 see which pulley is making the tick tick sound if the engine isn't running? So indeed the engine has 2 b running, therefore what r u talking about when u say "the stick is 2 only b used on a non-moving part"?
Aren't all the pulley spinning when the engine is running????????? Talk about being confused???

PUT THE STICK OR SETH-SCOPE TO THE ALTENATER , COMPRESSOR,AIR PUMP,POWER STEERING PUMP,NEAR THE WATER PUMP BEARING,NEAR THE TENIONER AND IDLER PULLEYS .THEN YOU WILL KNOW WHICH PART IS MAKING THE NOISE!