I retorqued the tensioner to the said 9 ft lbs with my freshly calibrated torque wrench. The bolts didn't seem very tight. Hopefully the fix can be that simple. If I remember right, eb was helping me well over a year ago, and I do remember something about over torqing those bolts, pinching the piston.
The old guides where of the crappy plastic variety, and in a million pieces laying in the bottom of my oil pan. I needed a new cover because the chain had eaten into the old one. These "new" ones are heavy duty steel bad boys. I'm going back together with whole thing, hopefully 5th time will be the charm.