Still love my car but......

Well you were right diymirage.....That cover was holding on for dear life. I ended up prying the cover off and with it came the entire end of the bolt....It pulled a couple of the threads out with it.....Ill assess the damage tomorrow but it looks like I will either need to helicoil it it re tap the hole. The timing chain is really loose on the left side and pretty tight on the right...Not sure but I think its almost a good omen that all of this happened.