> I have to disagree with your statement about it being ok to drive it with
> a broken tensioner. A broken tensioner cost Susan a race motor at
> Mosport in 2003. The tensioner eventually got caught up in the chain and
> the chain chewed it to shreds dropping the bits down into the oil pan and
> up into the pump.
Well, I can't argue with that! Except perhaps to hope that what Susan was
doing at Mosport didn't qualify as "putter around on a few short easy
trips". I drove several hundred miles (at least) with a broken tensioner,
and no drama; but maybe I was just lucky.
Randall
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