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I am in the middle of trying to change the belt tensioner today and even with all three motor mount bolts out of the frame rail, I still can not move the engine. Every time I try to jack the engine up, the engine barely moves before the car it self starts to move also. Is the car suppose to move with the engine a little? I do not want to put too much strain on either the oil pan or the other motor mounts, but I do not know how much is too much. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Chris

well the axles are still in the engine and they are connected to the wheels and those are attached... so my guess it won't move much, not to mention all the line fittings.

Every time I tried jacking the engine up, I could not even get the mount off the frame rail. The engine could slide around a little, but there was no movement up. I do not understand how others have had success getting the clearance. Does the AWD have anything to do with my stubborn engine? I can not believe it took all day to try and replace a stupid belt tensioner. Took me 10 minutes to replace a belt tensioner on my Chevy and that had over 100K miles on it.