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Originally Posted by 8civic
The Civic belt tensioner is an automatic one.
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Well i finally found the belt tensioner indicator! Actually your pics are very close. At the end of that long bolt thing (which is circled in pic 1) is a sort of squared off corner (in the second pic you can see it). Thats the indicator mark (its more like a point of reference). Now the funny part is that according to the manual there is no actual limit - like on the k series it should fall between part a and part b to be in spec. No, actually you keep an eye on it while the engine is idling (a/c off) and see and I quote, " if the position of the indicator fluctuates or moves a lot". Thats kinda vague. I checked mine out (21,000 miles) and at first (the engine was cold) it seemed to move a little then it stopped moving so much. So i guess its ok. So basically this hydraulic (you can see it sticking out toward the front direction, it looks like a mini shock absorber-you can see it as well in pic 2 - it has a loose bolt going thru it) is keeping the tension on the belt so there is no real adjustment.
in case you were wondering why i even care, its that checking this adjustment (check drive belt) is part of the b,1,2 service that i have coming up.