[Early_S_Man]

Raz,

Like Cary, I remember that sound ... and just thinking back to that day in April 1979 ... gives me chills up the spine!

Since my experience occured at startup ... it didn't take but about five seconds at high idle ... before I killed the engine, so I didm't get to find out how long before the engine would crater at speed.

If anecdotal evidence can be trusted, and I tend to think it can be in this particular scenario, most tensioner failures occur at startup, so you don't have much to worry about! So, I tend to believe that you will have the usual 'chain dragging' warning, and you can take the time to order parts, and decide when to do the repair.