Your not pulling in "COLD AIR" when you are sucking hot air from the engine compartment. You were pulling in cold air with the factory airbox which pulls air from under the headlight.... Oye!
Does this leak make the vehicle turn off at times? Mine has a leak at same location but just recently started turning off while at a stop. Definitely nerve wrecking
I had to comment cuz I swear I did not know where the leak was coming from I took the intake off trying to see where the hell the leak was coming from because I saw my alternator was covered in oil so you really help saved me a lot of money because I was definitely about to say forget it and buy a new car 😭😂
How did you press in the seal? Did it go in easy? Did you coat the outside and inside with some oil to get the seal in , and then to slide the balancer in, or is that bad to do? Did you need a tool to tap in the seal?
I took my grandmother car to the shop to get look for the same problem and they said it was a 1300 job because they would have to take the engine out. Which makes no sense
I did this today and I found how to stabilize that pulley so you can take that bolt out, if you look real close there are 3 small threaded holes close to the shaft of that pulley, you can either find 3 long bolts to thread through those holes and snug them up against the crankcase, or do what I did and take three 6mm Allen wrenches, I only had 2, and stick them through the threaded holes firm against the crankcase, I did this and that pulley did not move when I broke it loose, I changed the seal and used the 6mm Allen wrenches again to hold that pulley.
This guy slapped a cold air on his equinox and called it a police custom.... lmfao.. this is the douchiest car diy video ever and thats sayin something
Don’t want to disclose your occupation I can tell for sure beyond any doubt you are not a mechanic and to be honest you shouldn’t be working on this engine let alone showing others what you did You were extremely lucky that you didn’t crack your timing cover Your crank bolt can easily be removed with a impact. The belt tensioner has a 3/8” square drive cast into it for a ratchet to easily remove the belt your crank flywheel or whatever your calling it. That’s a oil pump the harmonizer thing that’s actually a harmonic balancer If you want to screw around with your car that’s fine but I think it’s completely irresponsible of you to be showing others acting like you know what your doing the next guy may not luck out like you did he might end up with thousands of dollars in repairs
I discovered this same leak in my daughters 2012 Chevy Malibu while installing a new serpentine belt. A shop would really charge $1500 for a job this simple? Crazy!
Please check my video on how to clear your pcv orifice to prevent a blown seal: Chevy Equinox/GMC Terrain PCV Orifice Cleaning ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-cyoJ02cAQig.html
Check my video to see a simple test to see if your pcv orifice is clogged: Chevy Equinox Ecotec Engine PCV Test (TSB# 14882) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-knnQWAtp0ik.html
My 2012 Eq had an oil issue and Chev replaced rings and pistons 3 years ago 100% warranty and extended my warranty (not crank) and problem went away and now the quick oil lost is back? Are there 2 things to go wrong?
I watched your video and to be real honest, I couldn't believe how easy this was. $9 part and 20 minutes of time. I changed my belt while doing the seal. I can't thank you enough for posting the video.
Did the bolt start coming loose or is there a spec on torque cause mine keeps coming loose and when I tighten it up the harmonic balance comes loose after running for about 10 minu
I hope my leak is from the front seal, and not the rear seal which requires transmission removal. Thanks for the video . When I have to remove a crank bolt, I wrap a WET ratchet strap (without the ratchet head; just the long strap with the hook) around the pulley in the direction opposite to the bolt removal direction, and hook the the strap onto the frame in the same plane as the pulley. The wrench work will turn the crankshaft for the first few pulls, but the WET ratchet strap will tighten until the bolt cracks loose. A DRY ratchet strap will slip all day long, so wet it first.
