2016 Equinox AWD 2.4l Engine Removal (From The Top) 

Also, your voice isn’t annoying like 99.9% of the people on RU-vid. Thanks for that. lol

my wife's equinox crapped out the rear main seal last year this video will help my fix it and save $3,000 in the process.

Well done brother, great video with clear and accurate descriptions of what's happening. Pulling one tomorrow at work. Looks like a gravy day. Keep up the good work! Love from your neighbor here in northern Wisconsin!

I change every part in my equinox. Running smooth and nice. Every part in the engine. Took 2 years

Great job pulling it out of the top. Nice video. Hello from Duluth Minnesota

Thanks alot man. Really appreciate a good top pull video

Thanks for Sharing. My Chevy Captiva with 220,000 miles timing chain fail and remove the valve cover and chain was all loose. I still think should just replace the chain or the whole engine.

I had a 2016 Equinox. It was built to resemble the 2017 as GM gave the Equinox a midcycle refresh to update its appearance. I liked how roomy the interior was and how it handled, but that was pretty much it. The transmission shifts hard, which is something I ignored when driving it. The 2.4L engine it had was adequate to keep the vehicle going, but it lacked in power when it came to acceleration and climbing hills. This engine is more ideal for a sedan and not an SUV. The Equinox is too heavy for it. I tried to coax a little more power out of it by adding a cold air intake and was going to install an exhaust kit for it, but I crashed it last year and it was totaled. Owning the Equinox killed my liking for Chevy and GM as GM cars as a whole are not that well built as they were in my childhood. I decided on getting a Toyota Camry and it's everything I wanted in a car.

Hi. I have a Buick Verano 2013 - same set up. I only drive around 7k miles a year, mostly short 1 to 3 mile each way trips. Totally forgot to keep checking my oil for a while and when I did, it was 2 quarts low! I was planning on getting the timing chain and water pump changed out this month anyway because I bought the car with 88k miles on it 3 years ago and now there's 104,500. But... there's a rattle now - which I suppose is the timing chain. The engine never spiked on the temp gauge or anything while driving. The Carfax shows important services done before I got it. Do you think I've royally screwed the engine? I have no leaks anywhere I can see, the oil has been changed since and they didn't mention any leaks. (I have always had soot on my tailpipe since I got it.) My only other problem with the car is my PCV breather tube has not been connected soundly in no clue how long. I didn't know when I got the car that the stem/tube from the valve cover over the throttle body - GM calls it a "Air Cleaner Outlet Duct" lol. I found that funny. That stem/tube thing that goes in the breather hose snapped off and just sits up against the "Air Cleaner Outlet Duct". I bought a new duct for $100 and was pissed to see it's plastic on plastic soldered with PLASTIC!! Anyway, do you think there's a bunch of damage due to the pcv system not having a vacuum? I mean it's probably clogged up anyway, right? Lol. Do you think either of these things happening means the car is doomed? I can take the engine apart, but getting the car back together where it's operational is an entirely different matter. I need a car that runs, not a bucket of bolts. ha ha. Thanks for your videos! P.S. I'm going to clean up the pcv system and I did get a pressure release oil cap in case that helps with anything. Oh and this pdf is very informative on the entire PCV system including what's in the valve cover for anyone who may be interested. www.opelgt.com/attachments/gm-gen-ii-ecotec-pcv-system-pdf.442052 A new valve cover & gaskets is only $120 so I'm curious why if a DIY person has a lot of miles on the vehicle and the PCV baffles in it can get so crappy, why not just swap it out with a new one? Same for the intake manifold. W/gaskets/seals whatever you call it only $97. Why waste time cleaning these up, not to mention you get dirty when new ones are so cheap? Then just use the CRC GDI IVD Valve cleaner occasionally to keep it clean? Anything wrong with that idea? I can manage a valve cover and my brother would help me with the intake manifold. Thank you in advance!

Killer video

Would this be similar to the turbo engine? Minus a few different things

Bro. Thank you!!

Thank you so much for this. About to attempt a top pull this weekend. My Equinox stalled at a light, pulled over to check oil, crankcase was pressurized when pulling dipstick, it was 3 quarts low, topped er up, finished my errand, parked it, next morning giant oil puddle and wetness between engine block/bell housing. New rear main seal, here we go.

Thank you!!!

greetings from Venezuela friend to introduce the engine is the same procedure as above thanks I hope for help to guide me

If a 2.4 is using 3qts per 1000miles, but NOT leaking out the rear main, does that mean the rings are wasted and has to be rerung, or could it still be just a PCV issue? I've got tons of black soot at the tailpipe, but it doesn't smoke while it's running. GM has a TSB for the 2011 Equinox as having inferior oil rings, but not anything newer, even though it's the same engine till 2017.

Where in MN are you located? TC area?

What do I do to get tc bolts out if the engine is locked up?

Approximately how much time involved for complete removal?

thank youuu

Why did the tcase need removed? To get to certain bolts?

Can the transmission AND engine be pulled out from top together??

CAN I REPLACE A 4 cylinder EQUINOX with a V6 ENGINE?

Can you pull a v6 at the top I do not have a lift

Why does the terrain use a lot of oil?

That itty bitty tiny hole on the intake should be sized up and blown out to help prevent future failure, there is a OEM TSB that provides this information as well.

Good evening i just replace the engine on mines and the light is on again and the car runs slower. Any suggestions

My rear main seal is out. So if I do this, what else should I fix while it’s out? Timing chains, anything else?

Can't seem to get the motor and transmission to separate from one another (yes all bolts are out 🙄), any suggestions?

Good job. Is it front wheel drive or all wheel?

Hmm. I was told the only way to pull these is with a lift. Rear main seal went out. Thanks

My son and I are about to take this adventure with his 2011 Equinox, zero compression in cylinder 1. Cannot see any other way to remove the timing chain so far. Going to try though. Sure appreciate the video, had my doubts as to whether or not it could be pulled through the top. Gotter done, was not fun. There was a hole big enough to put a pencil through on the side of the Number 1 piston. Engine went back in easier than it came out.

They need to put a 383 engine in 1 of these

Just saying, I just pulled one and I didn’t have to take the transfer case off. All I did was take the axle out of the shaft to gain access to the bracket and the motor came right on out without having to disconnect the transfer case.

HOW MUCH WOULD THIS COST IF A GUY HAD TO HAVE IT DONE???

Very great video and explanation! Do you have an Instagram or Facebook page. If I have future questions. No one does nox vids

Going against procedure....as we usually do here. 🤣🤣🤣

There's a ground off of the negative terminal, anyone remember where that goes? 🤣💀🤣

Will you fix my motor,?? I'll pay!! I've been through three ppl and I'm about to lose my house now.

Im 62, owned 34 vehicles in my life time. Never lost an engine or trans. I'M Watching these nightmare motors of GM on RU-vid made me realize I'm going to keep my 1996 Buick Lesebre forever. GM, Ford, Chrysler, Kia,Hyundai are really screwing Americans with these Junk Mobiles. Their use to be a time when Quality and Reliability counted. Now it's all about Disposable vehicles. Profits. And turn overs. Even Toyota, Honda. Lexus are putting out Junk.Big $$$$$ Junkers. Keep them and your Damm vehicle payments. It's Sad to a 2016 GM motor being replaced. Over 100 years of manufacturing and its all gone backwards. Sad World we live in today.

I will say this is not a very fun job the first time around. Seems like it's a dang puzzle to get this thing apart and a metric crap ton of wiring connectors. I'm at the point now where I went to undo all the mounts and found that one that hits the axle shaft.... like really...

This vehicle 2wd?