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That's what I'm afraid of. I've been tinkering with the slack on the chain for some time. I do notice that as the engine rotates the noise comes and goes. I suspected that was due to one side being tight and the other loose. Any thoughts?

*Double post. Not sure why this keeps happening.*

Yes I did remove the retaining pin when I installed the new tensioner. During my installation process I removed the exhaust sprocket bolt as well as the sprocket, while holding the chain onto the sprocket, to the best of my ability. I did this so I had room to replace the tensioner (with the...

*Double post*

After looking into the issue further. I noticed that the chain is loose at some point and tight at others, whenever I rotate the engine. How would I go about correcting this to make sure the chain is completely tight? My chain has the same slack as seen in this video...

The sound is still coming from the same passenger side. No rattle is heard on the driver side. I should note that during the process of removing the valve cover, the first time, I broke what I think is the PCV feed. May this have had an effect on the end results?

Ok so a few weeks back I noticed a rattling sound coming from my 2001 Lincoln LS V8 (passenger side). I searched these fourms and found out it might be a cracked tensioner. I opened the vavle cover, order a new tensioner from Christopher's Car parts. Removed old tensioner which indeed was...