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Since I was also changing the oil, the oil was already drained at the time that I removed the tensioners, and only a small amount came out. The tensioners appear to have an internal spring, after I had pumped out all the oil, there will still pressure pushing the piston outward.

It's really easy to get at the tensioners with a car on jack stands. The IMS tensioner is horizontal, so it's a bit of a tight fit, but really pretty easy. The tensioner for 1-3 bank points straight down, so that was a piece of cake.

As I mentioned before, I didn't do the tensioner for bank 4-6, which is towards the top of the motor and requires that you move the air conditioning compressor out of the way to access it.