[lkwd318ti]

Hey everybody, here's my update on the situation.

So I bought the tensioner and installed it on my car. The first time I started it up after installation, the ticking was still there, but I was reading that it disappears after 20 or 30 seconds or so. So we let it idle, and voila, it disappears. So we drove it up and down the neighborhood for a bit, and the ticking comes back, but it isn't nearly as loud as before. So we took a few laps up and down our street, and it disappears.

After this, we drove around on the main streets (maybe for a total of 3 miles round trip). The sound comes and goes at the beginning, but towards the end of the trip it totally disappeared.
After letting it idle in the driveway, we revved it up to 3500 rpm just to test it out (and it said on the paper it came with to rev the motor to 3500RPM for 20 seconds). The sound comes back, just like the video I posted above.
So we drive it up and down the street again, and the sound keeps disappearing and coming back.

Is it possible that I didn't install this thing correctly?
(The tensioner was compressed when I got it. When I installed it, the tensioner accidentally decompressed, so I had to install it while extended.)
Can you guys think about anything else that can cause this problem??

Thanks again guys!

-Randy

Cliff notes: Installed tensioner, ticking goes away, then comes back, then goes away, then keeps coming back...Any suggestions for other causes?