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Old Feb 18, 2021 | 11:03 PM
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Old Feb 18, 2021 | 11:12 PM
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remove valve covers and see what’s going on
 
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I had one of my neoprene tensioner guides come off after about 5k. So I bought another tensioner and replaced.
For your tensioner replacement, did you drop the pan and clean out and into the oil pickup? I wonder if you had a guide piece in it and it came out and is batting around your pan now.
 
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