[GotMojo]

I didn't record the sound this makes when the engine is running but was able to replicate it manually.  If you hear this tak-tak-tak noise, your tensioner is failing.  Change it!

https://youtu.be/Aq5UspKoxeQ

Here is the difference between the failed tensioner and a new one (dry).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-n8zI9IO7A

Sorry, forum won't allow direct video links (yet?)

[Cole]

Sorry, forum won't allow direct video links (yet?)

Thanks. I'll see what it takes to make this mod.

[Itsamoto]

This is an awesome and very helpful video that you made. Really lets people compare how something should be performing -- which can be difficult when you take on a second hand van (and you don't yet realize that some noises aren't normal).

Comparative analysis!

[robinson1509]

This is for a 12 valve it is a manual tensioner.