Help with engine noise???

I can't really blame you but now it may be difficult to find. I would maybe stick the pan back on put oil in it and bust it off and try to find it. It won't hurt it anymore than it already is idling or free revving enough to track it down. Maybe pull one wire at a time until you find one that makes the noise slack off. There's your faulty cylinder....IF that's what it is.

Sounds like a plan. I don't know of anything else to do at this point. Maybe I was overly paranoid and was hearing things...