Thanks for guys like you who do these kind of videos. I was having trouble sleeping till I saw this. Thank you thank you UPDATE. I replaced the seal, installed a NEW bolt called a torque to yield , I think,. NEVER use the old bolt as Paul did in this video because I tried that and the leak continued. The bolt is a one time use bolt per what the GMC service dept told me. Torque it 74 ft foot lbs plus 120 degrees. Yup , that's how the factory specs described it. I used a torque wrench to do it and BAM, it stopped the leak. I did have yo buy a pipe to slide over the torque wrench handle to get to pull I needed to do the full torque.
@ronaldfeaster9530 speaks the truth and makes a good catch. The crank pulley bolts on the 2012-17 2.4L Equinox are torque to yield bolts which stretch to the point of yield and must be replaced after one time use. Torque to yield bolts were introduced due to the need for even clamping force on today's modern engines using different materials like aluminum and aluminum alloys that expand/contract at different rates. Elastic properties of the torque to yield bolts, allow movement between parts, while maintaining even clamping loads and sealing. The expansion rate of some parts will stretch typical fastening bolts past their yield point and can snap them. Hence used torque to yield bolts must be replaced with new(unstretched) bolts and specified torque to maintain required torque to prevent loosening and fracture due to part(fastened by the bolt) expansion/contraction. In this case the first step in tightening is 74 Ft-lbs(preload or snug torque) to provide a uniform baseline, from which the true load, is then applied. The second step is plus 120 degrees of additional rotation(using a torque angle guage for accuracy). 1 Success reusing a torque-to-yield bolt and an impact wrench is truly luck because there is no way to ensure accuracy. In 1990 an unnamed dealer repaired a leaking front crank seal on my 1983 1.6 liter gas Chevette Sedan because I was in the process of moving and had nowhere to DIY repair. Two months later the crank bolt broke while my wife was driving spilling the damper pulley, both accessory belts on the pavement as well as damaging the rubber timing belt, timing belt crank gear and leaving the broken bolt in the crankshaft.The crank bolt was not a torque-to-yield, but I suspect the dealer over torqued the bolt(which successfully held the pulley for 9 yrs), possibly using an impact gun setting up the failure. A private garage extracted the broken bolt in the crank and restored the rest of the parts for just north of $300. I would not reuse a torque-to-yield bolt on a crank and then trust the car/truck for a trip across country.... 1. dannysengineportal.com/torque-to-yield-bolts-tty-what-exactly-are-they/
This customer will next be replacing the rear crank seal at cost of $1500, that is if he is lucky he doesn't blow the engine. Of you have oil build up on the top cover, around the oil fill cap, you have a clogged PCV system. This is what caused the front seal to leak. They were lucky it was the front. Clean the PCV system and orifice, then get an AC Delco FC-219 vented oil cap. Looking at the heavy varnish on the crank and pulley, this car has been neglected. Use premium full synthetic oil, premium filter, change every 3k. Use premium 91/93 Top Tier fuel.
Total cost of new seal + bolt at the Chev dealer was $35 CAD ($25 USD yes a rip off but oh well) so why not get a new bolt. Also, to torque it properly all you need is a flywheel stopper. Or a coat hanger hooked through one of the holes and tied off to the frame. If you're going to do it why not do it right for the extra $5-10 bolt? Thanks for the video regardless, nice work.
Thus was caused by the pvc system being clogged up. If you rake the oil fill cap off and hear the engine blowing loud thru the oil cap then you need to replace the intake manifold as well. No engine breathing thru pcv causing pressure to build blows the seals out, then oil leaks appear.
Also have a 2014 Equinox that appears to be having the exact same issue. I don’t have the tools to do this job myself. What should I expect to pay to have this done for me?
It's gonna be a couple to a few hours labor. Depends on the shop. I'd do it for $250 out the door but a shop with labor rate of $100 plus will probably be $400 or more.
Common practice. Done it a hundred times. Just about all the ones I have seen come back with a crankshaft pulley bolt loose, or worse, loosened then broke off in the crank were undertorqued because a person tried to use a torque wrench but couldn't hit the number because they did not have a way to lock the crankshaft.
Replaced the seal. Then actually replaced the whole pulley a week later. It stopped the leak. It wasn’t a hard job at all. Hardest part was putting the belt back on lol
The only way it would is if so much oil got on the belt it slipped off, in which case you would have no alternator so your battery light would be on and car will be dying soon and it won't have a water pump spinning so it will be overheating. If you don't have those symptoms it is unrelated.
@lemonaid8678 uh oh. Look closely, if it is damaged you will need l replace that. Check wherein sits on the pulley for damage too, you may need to replace both. If I recall correctly, you can get a woodruff key, but it may be hard to find.
@@paulkelley86 pulley looks fine, really not sure what happened, I bought this car for 300$ from a guy. timing chain tensioner appeared to be bad found lots of slack in the chain at the top, Chevy calls for it to be changed at 100k miles, so I was in the process of doing that when I couldn’t get the pulley off. I can see that I’ll have to take water pump chain and pulley off as well to change the key out
I don't know where it's leaking for sure it been leaking oil for a while n I checked it n found out it was now flinging the oil but I don't have a shop I took wheel off n I think it could be this but I don't have a socket that big I'm thinking a pipe maybe n then the belt broke I think maybe the ac motor isn't moving anymore I could not really move it by hand I'm pretty sure I can do the seal n put belt back on I was thinking I could go around the ac compressor but I'm no macanic but I can do smaller things itsva 2.4 2013 has 113k miles I want to fix n get rid of it also tougher now that it's Michigan abd getting colder it's slinging oil as well
