| I admit it. I laughed out loud. And it was a cruel laugh at your expense - upon watching your video. Hahah. OMFG. Well, now, more seriously - I would expect that can only happen if the tensioner bolts have come completely loose and allowed it to rotate fully counter-clockwise which would give the belt a little bit of extra slack. But to be honest, even that slack the tensioner not being set creates doesn't seem like it would be enough for what you've got happening there. How you should proceed... I think you should continue onwards, remove the timing belt covers fully. Then verify the tensioner isn't broken - and determine WHY there is slack in the belt. (ie, something is broken, bolts are loose, etc etc. - verify the problem!) Buy yourself a new belt anyhow. I wouldn't trust that one because you don't know what has happened to it. Piece of mind. Safe to say it's been thrashed around. If your tensioner is screwed, buy a new one. (Expensive) Or maybe a used one from Z1. Then set the timing belt properly. Once it is set properly, I would do a compression test immediately. Your previous tests do not tell you much of anything, because the belt was not set properly. That said, more than likely when the belt lost tension you did do damage - so I wouldn't get hopes up overly high that you have escaped great misfortune. BUT still, like I said in that other post if the timing marks were off, set the belt properly and do compression test. See what you've really got. Then once you've done that, you may find that some holes still have compression - or maybe still none. But you will at least be certain that your test was meaningful because the belt was properly installed. Again, your other test results mean nothing at this point. Once you've got that done, post the results. I still think you'll find you're in some trouble - but at least you'll know for certain.
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