The reason that it never occurred to me to do that was because this is the first car that I have ever owned that has belt tensioners. I am too used to the old fashioned way when you had to get a crowbar or tire iron and crank drown on the alternator housing and at the same time try to tighten the alternator hold down bolt. almost 4 years and still learning...
BTW, thanks to all about the hints as to the possible problems!
Now, one more question: Working on this little project has shown me that I need to do something about the oil leaks on the front of the engine. Is there a writeup for this somewhere? The valve cover gasket seems to still be doing well, but I think I need to replace the oil housing gasket and whatever gasket is involved with covering the timing chain. I want to keep my engine as clean as possible!
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