Hey Kiko... just an update. My new belt, s/c pulley and idler pulley did not help at all. And now 1 week later the tick is louder than ever. I'm going to do an oil change because my oil now has 3K miles on it and thats about the mileage the tick popped up at last time when it was really bad.

Anyways, I think i may just live with it and be thankful the car seems fine otherwise....

Oh and I was curious, did you by chance mess with your tranny before your tick started? Like a fluid change/ Or did you have a fluid leak?