I did as much as I could, and honestly, I’m not as mechanically inclined as others in this forum. I googled “ticking noise from engine”, and results were about bad “lifters”, bad “fuel pump”, and a few others. But nothing that explicitly returned, “ticking noise normal for an electric high pressure fuel pump”. It wasn’t until I typed “is ticking noise normal for high pressure fuel pump” that I came across the information, but by then it was too late.
but thanks for commenting and I appreciate your response! Good luck to everyone here!