22re tc i don't think its more than two years old, I pulled it apart and with no tensioner, guides its one link too long, is that normal or is it stretched. it was making noise chain all i thought it could be

Has it done any rubbing/damage to the front cover?

no damage. guides and everything in good cond. lots of noise, don't know where its coming from.when I bought it didn't have any oil in engine don't know how long they ran it like that. I drove it 100 miles so far and hasn't blown up yet,and I'm kinda hard on cars

cheak the FSM it will tell you how long the chain should be. i know that if it is a first gen block (83 or earlier) it is shorter than the earlier blocks, and the diffrence in the timing chain is going to be one link with a earlier head on the later block.

just cheak the chain length and if it was run out of oil than make sure the tensioner is still good as that is a oil pressure tensioner and who knows if it is still working after not having any oil.

if you can i would cheak the bearings too because of the no oil thing. that is the main killer of these engines everytime

whats fsm,do you mean rod bearings, how can check to see if tensioner is bad or good

It's inner spring is able to push out with force, moves freely, and wear pad not worn down too thin.