I'll check that tonight. It's just kind of frustrating. The engine has such low miles on it that I thought I'd just be able to enjoy the car for a while without having to do anything major with it. I'm also kind of surprised that this would happen because the guy who sold it to me is fanatical about vehicles. I can't imagine he would have let it sit long enough for there to have been dry starts but I don't know what else would cause the bearing to become worn. Of course, I only know enough about engines to be a little dangerous.

Have you ever heard an engine where this is the problem? I know you can diagnose some engine problems just from the sound and I really would like to try to make sure this is it before I pull the engine.