I'll see if I have some fuel line laying around to use as a makeshift stethoscope. I've diagnosed nailing diesel injectors before.
I wish he had told me that it wasn't feeling the same after the cats were replaced (I do believe both were replaced). I am very meticulous about my car(94 E320 Cabriolet) and my family members.. not so much apparently.
To remove the timing belt cover I just remove the two bolts securing it and leave the engine mount?