How to replace the crankshaft oil seal on a 2.2L GM Ecotec engine 

7 year old video and still helping people. Great video brother! Gave me the confidence to tackle this job over the weekend. Thank you so much.

Have not replaced front main on the L61 Ecotec. I do know that some engines have a crankshaft repair sleeve if your crank snout is worn down after 150,000 miles. It comes with super adhesive and slips over the crank snout. I do know that a worn surface can still leak oil even with a new seal. Your a pretty straight forward RU-vidr, so I thought I would mention the above. Cheers Sir!

Very nice straight forward video. Because of you I had almost an enjoyable experience. I tried to get a "speedy sleeve" for the balancer shaft but didn't find one for the Ecotec engine so the parts guy said he had a new balancer for 15 bucks more than the speedy sleeve. I put it on the crankshaft and it rubbed on the cover. The snout on the new balancer was 1/8" shorter than the original. I put the old balancer back on and it doesn't leak. The search for parts turned a 1 1/2 hour project into a full afternoon. Once again, The Original Mechanic, a great video and thanks for taking the time.

I usually never comment on RU-vid videos but your was excellent.Great job man seriously!

Great video! I replaced my harmonis balancer also so i listened all 10 of my cover bolts so i knew my seal was perfectly centered around my vibration dampner. I tightened everything to 89 in lbs and now were happy! Great video!

Thanks for the video, was deciding if I should make a run at this. Watching you, shouldn't be a problem. Thanks for sharing.

best video I watch this year..LOL you just saved me a few hundred dollars....my 2013 equinox started leaking oil under the right side of the engine. Upon trying to reach a mechanic I went and got a quote to my surprised that was 300 to 500 fix but they wouldn't tell me exactly what was the issue..I was skeptical to leave my car and pay that much because last time my wife got a check engine light and she took the car to the Chevy dealership to scanned the for the code and they swap a variable timing solenoid which we were charged $700 .Dame!! thanks to this video I went and did this on my own fix the problem and no more leak..yayyy...the seal was just 8 bucks, hardest part was removing the pulley bolt..I bought a tool on amazon for $10 which made it easy....thanks for sharing this video,,,

I have had the same leak for over two years. I ordered the part for $8 on ebay. Thanks for the great video!

You just saved me lots of money .Thanks for your video.

Thanks for the good video tutorial...I'm thinking of picking up a Malibu with a 2.2 for cheap due to this oil leak... My understanding is that the early 2.2 's design flaw is that the seal hardens in cold weather and get's shredded by the crank pulley...the new design seal doesn't.

my wifes 2003 cavaliers has a oil leak just like that one and i got to fix it to oil is on the belt.i didnt know where it is leaking at.but now i do...thank you for making this video it sure saves me time and stress.

Great Video! Thank you for posting this!

Good job, only thing I did differently was spring for a new $10 pulley bolt from the Chevy dealer because it is a "torque to yield" bolt and should never be reused. (GM & Haynes Repair Manuals)

thanks for your video, it helped me a lot. Muchas gracias Amigo.

Good job

Helped a lot thanks

Awesome video. I just replaced this on my girlfriends car and it started leaking again a few weeks later. Could the vehicle be building up too much pressure in the bottom end so it starts pushing oil out through the seal?

Boss can you tell how to remove a seal bearing from a crankshaft 2002 chevy venture van

Great video, I was curious if I'd need a puller for the crank pulley. My 2003 Saturn l200 has the same engine and let the oil out the same seal. I may opt to do a timing chain but I'm not excited about the idea.

when replacing the seal and with the crank pulley and bolt removed, should't you be using a new crank bolt for this job? isn' the crank pulley bolt a TTY (torque to yeild) bolt? meaning it gets torqued past its elasticity point and becomes permanently elongated. wouldn't that mean reusing the original bolt would be a bad and potentially dangerous outcome?

It helped a lot thank you.

I have a saab with the same issue. Do u have to drain the oil before u take out the seal?

Great video but had only one question what size pvc did you use??

I'm showing all parts sites saying that is not the correct seal for my 2010 cobalt 2.2. It is saying TCS 46113 instead of TCS 46112?!? Not sure why that is, maybe an updated part🤷🏽‍♂️

Do you have to tap in the seal with a tool or something or you could just do by hand it looks like?

no crank pulley removal tool? should it just wiggle out like that?

5:32 that's what she said lol. Nice video though, great job.

The i at the end is pronounced like teen(serpentine)

Use them for everything? How does your missus feel about that!

Do you know if it's the same process for a 2.2 non eco-tech

Do you need to drain the oil out of the engine before you do this?

Anybody have the PN for the bolt?

Is this the same process for 2.2 ohv?

Video is okay except. You use Loctite on the outside of that seal. The rubber backed seals are prone to just falling out. Also Clean the balancer before you put it back on and put a little dab of silicon where the key way is. They are known for seeping out oil.

We bought a 09 malibu for our daughter to go to school, that car is the worst piece of junk we've ever owned, nothing but problems with those engines. It started leaking oil really bad out of the crank seal and oil pressure sensor, broke the belt, A/C compressor went out,, starter went out, all of this within months. Our 08 toyota camry 4 cylinder manual transmission has 240,000 miles and runs like new, no leaks, no noises, no smoke, absolutely nothing wrong. Next car is gonna be another toyota.

Ive ran through 3 of them and it just wont work for me

That was pretty good, very helpful, but what's with the gloves that all you North Americans wear when you're doing these videos? You're mechanics, not surgeons.

Eco

oops i fucked up

if its chev throw it in the trash