[snbush67]

Originally Posted by David Inc.

Wouldn't a collapsed tensioner be more... well... collapsed? He mentioned having to take a prybar to it.

I’m not sure. The tensioner ball and cage were damaged, but that could’ve happened while trying to remove it.

It is hard to wrap my head around a cam nut loosening up on its own. Have you ever heard of that happening?

I don’t think the cam nut just loosened up on its own. I think the tensioner collapsed , the engine lost time, then the valve hit the piston, the valve and spring broke, the rocker arm broke, the cam was then obstructed by the broken pieces and then I don’t know what the hell loosened the cam nut or stripped the keyed gear because the engine shouldn't the engine have stopped turning at that point? Maybe the car was still in gear.