2001 Pontiac Sunfire 2.4l manual ticking noise

Hello, I have a 2001 Pontiac Sunfire 2.4l with a manual transmission.
it has 146k km on it, yes km I’m up in Canada which works out to roughly 90k miles.

when the vehicle is in gear I can faintly hear a ticking noise from the left side of the car that is noticeable when driving, however if I put it in neutral or press in the clutch I don’t hear the noise.

I roughly hear the noise between 2k – 3k rpm as I’m mostly in that range but can sometimes hear it lower.

any suggestions as to what I can look at or what it might be, I changed the fluid as the previous owner didn’t and that didn’t make a difference.

Thanks