Noise coming from engine compartment

Man that car sounds terrible. I have no idea what you got going on there valve train noise low on oil maybe.

 

Same link twice

 

Assuming your oil is ok, it's likely the engine water pump or idler pulley going bad.

I'd like to think the ticking valve train sounds horrible because the recording is so close to the engine.
The noise I'm talking about is that semi-random metallic groan/clunk that happens in the background of the tikking.

 

No I think that's the traction control grabbing. ABS is activated every time you apply the brakes they're anti-lock brakes with vehicle skid control and/or traction control The traction and skid control when it's activated it I guess could feel to some people like some kind of breaking was being activated I guess I would think that's what's happening because the ABS works all the time unless there's a problem with the brake actuator and you will have an exclamation point The VSC and the ABS light all lit up in orange those are your brake light warning lights for the most part and they're very accurate so ABS sensors what do we meaning by that those are the wheel sensors on each of the four wheels and you're thinking the front ones are acting up maybe they're just snatched out of their sockets and broken I see that a lot You just take some off of junk car go buy new ones the plug is way up in the top by the strut tower in the front plug them in screw them in and let it rip but I doubt your ABS is activating on and off because generally it's on all the time It can't really go away until the break actuator is defective or something along those lines.

 

You can use run of the mill wheel sensors there's nothing really to these You do not have to buy the expensive Toyota part there should be dozens of aftermarket fitments usually these don't go bad they get ripped out by being poorly mounted or not being resecured after a brake job I have them laying all on the floor here in the shop because when I strip a car and take it apart I just throw them to the side somebody needs them or we use them we do If not they eventually wind up in the trash no matter the cost.

 

If the ABS "falsely" activates while braking, then check the front wheel speed sensors. Specifically where the sensors mount on the steering knuckle.

Corrosion can form under the sensor and "jack" it up - away from the tone ring on the axle. This weakens the signal sent to the ecu, which interprets it as wheel lockup.

Be very gentle with the sensor mounting bolts - they are small and might be seized in the knuckle.

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