Distributor gear would get my vote, too.
And that means that it's EATING that drive gear on the camshaft, too.
Pull the distributor and find out how bad it is. Hopefully it's not too far gone.
Presuming that the distributor gear is going away, I'd probably replace it with a polymer gear for now.
That would buy you some time and the little bits of polymer might be slightly less damaging
than shards of metal in the oil.
Good luck!
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