Quote Originally Posted by Mr. KiDD
yes totally possible for the tensioner to seize or start to seize. it should be replaced with every timing belt and water pump done.

or if you are talking about the PS tensioner i dont think it can go bad, but i may be wrong. Never had PS on my cars
Hmmm, makes me wonder if my Timing belt was ever changed around 100k. The motor has 160k on it now.