Timing belt tensioner! They knock like hell until about 2500 RPM, then quiet down, they are famous for making an awful noise when they die, the noise will start again once the RPM's drop.
looks like peanut butter. You knew that before you drove into that.....right? How many hours with the pressure washer to get that goo out of wheels, frame yadda yadda yadda.
Timing belt tensioner! They knock like hell until about 2500 RPM, then quiet down, they are famous for making an awful noise when they die, the noise will start again once the RPM's drop.
Dollar to donuts that's the problem. IMHO