I just watched the entire video just pondering the job I have ahead. I had a tensioner guide have a break on the nylon and loosen the timing chain on right bank. Replaced the timing chains, tensioners, guides, phasers and hoped a majority of that nylon guide that fell out onto ground was all there was. It was held in place by old chain until I removed cover. Im sure gasket material fell in too. I put it all back together and runs beautifully... When the oils cold. When the oil heats up the noise from what im assuming is oil starvation means pan has to come off and cleaning to take place. Thank you sir for taking time to film this.
Holy hell batman! This is ridiculous GM! What a joke! This is why dealerships and shops get away with charging people $1300+ just to replace a gasket or pan. So stupid! Thanks for the video boss! You're the man!
Guys, remove your oil dipstick before installing the oil pan, I just realized I got mine stuck somehow when I installed the oil pan, so most probably I have to do the thing all over again :c
Dude! I just picked up a 2013 Traverse with same same oil leaks wanting the oil pan to be replaced. I appreciated your video so much but have to ask how long it took you start to finish but either way I MY HATS OFF TO YOU!! Gonna try blue devil till I decide what to do.
This is what you get when an engine originally designed for a longitudinal application (the original high-feature v6 was meant for the first gen RWD CTS and the LY7 3.6 was developed by Holden, again for RWD applications) that the bean counters decide needs to be put into every platform possible with the cheapest possible modification for fitment. They even ask for a range of solutions that would include everything from a different block casting for certain platforms down to jb weld and duct tape...and the jb weld and duct tape solution is always selected because it's $3 cheaper per unit. Every. Single. Time. And who does everyone end up hating and blaming? The engineers.
Thanks, had no clue how GM engineers want to keep GM service @ $105 p/h profitable. Just wanted to check for sludge since those cam sensors are so sensitive to impurities. In your case, I would have taken up aluminum welding. What a pain!
Just ruined my friday night by watching your video. Half to do my gaskets but havent really looked under the acadia yet. Figured I would do oil, tranny and anything else while I'm under their
yes , and it is as bad as it looks , however I haven't found too many things easy on these Acadias. The good news is that it worked perfectly with no leaks but it was a chore. I have a recent video on the valve covers that will give you nightmares I will share. I appreciate the feedback and thank you for watching.
Thanks for the video. How is the RTV holding up on the passenger side end, where the crankshaft pully is? I'm in the middle of this job myself right now. For anyone else in this situation, I was able to loosen the transmission to engine bolts and gave my self some extra room between the timing chain cover and tranny. There are also three transmission mount bolts in the back that need to be loosened because the mounting bracket also ties into the engine.
Imagine doing this from your own stupidity on a 2012 acadia. I got a straw stuck in the oil pan from carburetor cleaner trying to clean out the gunk. Only 85000 miles. If that's not an idiot I don't know what is.
Thank you for sharing this information , I am always curious about shop prices etc and it helps others determine if they want to tackle a project themselves.
Did the timing chain cover have to come off during this? As that is now leaking and the warranty folks say that firestone had to remove the timing chain cover during the replacement of the Oil pan gasket? Course firestone has attempted to also re-place the valve cover gasket 4 times with 100% fail rate
