The UNFIXABLE 2019 Chevy Equinox Is WORSE Than We Thought

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I got a call this morning to come check out Eric's sister's new to her 2019 Chevy Equinox that cranks but won't start. Once I got there I verified that it cranks but won't start... and whatever is wrong is a SERIOUS problem. Time for this engine to come apart.
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@djparra41 7 месяцев назад

It's genuinely sad that this is what we've let our American cars come to. This is disgraceful.

@morstyrannis1951 7 месяцев назад

It’s the result of letting accountants run the company instead of engineers. This is what Mercedes did in the mid 1990s destroying their own reputation.

@Flies2FLL 7 месяцев назад

@@morstyrannis1951 And BMW did around 2006.

@Pold497 7 месяцев назад

This is what happens when you engineer engines for gas mileage and emissions only and completely ignore reliability. GM makes some of the worst quality engines in the world. Sad

@mdmyer 7 месяцев назад

@@Pold497 Only those EcoTec engines are crap. I'd still trust an LS in my vehicle. I have more problems with GM transmissions than engines.

@21Piloteer 7 месяцев назад

Yeah that LS with AFM is a great engine. Great at destroying camshafts and lifters.

@mckrackin5324 7 месяцев назад

Remember when you could take the valve cover off with the engine running? Pepperidge Farms remembers.

@21Piloteer 7 месяцев назад

Yep...and you could drink your Bartles & Jaymes wine cooler. "We thank you for your support." 😄

@WatchJRGo 7 месяцев назад

That’s what I grew up with 💯

@darrellsaunders4267 7 месяцев назад

Exactly....235 Chevy!

@lilibethdoherty295 7 месяцев назад

I Remember poking a hole in a metal can of Pennzoil and seeing the oil inside was Green !

@mckrackin5324 7 месяцев назад

@@lilibethdoherty295 I still have a couple of the funnels that stabbed in the top of the cans. lol

@BehindTheCounter_TFSO 7 месяцев назад

This is a perfect example of what not to do. Fixing today’s modern cars is not as simple as some portray on RU-vid. Just because you didn't have a trouble code to guide you doesn't mean there aren't non-intrusive ways to test components without disassembly. You ended up doing a lot of unnecessary work based on assumptions without conducting any diagnostic testing. It's important to rely on proper diagnostics rather than guesswork to avoid unnecessary repairs. Fortunately, this was on a friend’s car and not a customer, but it's still crucial to approach repairs with thorough diagnostics to ensure accurate and effective solutions.

@paisleyprince5280 7 месяцев назад

Agree 100%, zero diagnostic approach.

@RebelPMP 7 месяцев назад

Manufacturers are pushing thinner oils and longer oil change intervals while also making engines as cheaply as possible, the days of the overbuilt 3800 V6 and the like are sadly over

@joeliopro1740 7 месяцев назад

LS swap this and LS swap that...I want to see somebody swapping those 3800 Series Gen II GM engines in these modern day GM GDI turds out of necessity!

@RebelPMP 7 месяцев назад

@@joeliopro1740 that is a build I would like to follow for sure

@joeliopro1740 7 месяцев назад

@@bendino9016 that's the whole point of a swap. Make it fit. Make it better. Most of the auto world has been covered on RU-vid, it is time for the plentiful 3800 to shine and get a new life replacing these over engineered turbo I4s!

@brassmule 7 месяцев назад

The oil spec on this one is 5w-30, ironically enough.

@IKhanNot 7 месяцев назад

Running 0W20 oil isn't an issue. It's the intervals and the crap designs of some engines. Plenty of older Toyotas spec'd with 0W20 oil running just fine out there.

@MikeJohnson-ld9rn 7 месяцев назад

You have got me hooked on this now, so you and Eric must find the problem asap! The suspense is killing me and I am starting to lose sleep over this ! Well, not really but , let’s hope that it is only one problem and not a combination of things.

@Thesmellofrain-h6o 7 месяцев назад

These modern day cars/engines are built to be difficult to repair to get you to have the car serviced at the dealership. That makes for repeat business for the dealership.

@eelecurb 7 месяцев назад

JR is a wizard. Instant haircut at 8:54.

@resurrectionautorebuilders8465 7 месяцев назад

I can tell by the looks of the underside of that valve cover that this engine went long intervals between oil changes. More than likely the rings are coked up and you are way low on compression or the pistons are cracked. That is the second most common failure with these engines. Call a scrapper and get an engine on the way, you're going to need it. I just bought a replacement LFV for a 2016 Malibu that had 22k miles on it for $2200. Reman's are astronomically priced and a crate engine is more than half the value of that car. There are so many of these Equinox's and Malibu's on the road that the part's breakers have tons of them. Try and get the lowest mileage engine that you can. Anything over 50k miles and you are going to gamble that it will be in the same condition.

@patbellomo4547 Месяц назад

I agree this engine looks like it's been driven hard and put away wet. My friend is a mechanic and his wife owns a 2018 Equinox 1.5t they never had a problem with the engine, it gets regular oil changes since there bought it it has about 85,000 through 90,000 thousand miles on it and it runs great! This engine looks like it failed because of lack of proper maintenance....just look at that oil it looks like mud...when was the last time the oil was changed they don't mention that. This can happen to any brand of car that's not properly taken care of don't blame the manufacturer because you couldn't follow a maintenance schedule!

@heavychevy7382 7 месяцев назад

5k max full synthetic oil changes on any domestic turd. When the vacuum pump fails, it sets a code for low vacuum at the brake booster. If that code isn't there, the pump didn't fail, and the cam is fine. Small displacement turbo engines eat plugs like it's their diet. Always start there and do a compression test, leak down, and use a borescope before proceeding.

@davidcarlson4811 7 месяцев назад

I do that on my Toyota. Of course that is about my 1 year milage...

@mitchhedberg4415 7 месяцев назад

My 2016 camry oil is not even dirty at 5k, I always change it before 5.5k, and it has never burned a drop@@davidcarlson4811

@Google_Is_Evil 7 месяцев назад

Did you check crank/cam timing? If it somehow skipped at the crank you will hate yourself for putting it all back together and having to pull it apart again.

@blaakkroze 7 месяцев назад

This is basically a throw away engine.

@bendino9016 7 месяцев назад

throw away car. complete trash.

@tad6176 7 месяцев назад

We have 2014 and 2020. So far I have no complains at all. Bought both brand new. I do my own maintenance@@bendino9016

@slscamg 7 месяцев назад

“Basically”? No it’s legit 💯 a throw away engine. 😂😂😂

@joseeduardo4327 7 месяцев назад

Isn’t every 4cyl lmao

@nytrackrider 7 месяцев назад

Fords are known for throwaway vehicles. Escape, fusion, ecosport, etc. basically anything with an ecoboom engine. GM/Chevy are doin quite well with their engines compared to FoRd.

@CarswithNash 7 месяцев назад

EquiNot!😂

@WatchJRGo 7 месяцев назад

The Equinot is back 😂

@mclarenjohnf1 7 месяцев назад

The milky oil can be a oil mix caused by synthetic mixed with veg or mineral based oil. A cheap junk oil put in at a quick change oil/ filter if you are lucky place.

@kc0lif 7 месяцев назад

oil is oil dude

@mclarenjohnf1 7 месяцев назад

@@kc0lif Wax. Some mineral oil can form a waxy precipitant at cold temperatures. This wax can rise along the oil's upper surface and/or may be simply a hazy suspension within the body of the oil. Other Insolubles. A hazy or milky appearance can result from mixed incompatible oils, glycol contamination, grease suspensions and a host of other impurities. Many of these contaminants will affect both the colour and clarity of the oil.

@mchuo7834 7 месяцев назад

I don’t understand why people buy these when you can buy a CRV or RAV4. Even an older CRV or RAV4 is better than this GM garbage

@kclefthanded427 7 месяцев назад

Yet people keep buying them for some reason and it's not a good one

@morstyrannis1951 7 месяцев назад

They buy them because they’re cheap. They think they’re getting a lot of value for their money. But they’re buying shite.

@mikemontgomery7337 7 месяцев назад

I gotta agree. Sorry to say I have had Chevy and Ford trucks and SuVs and I am now finally 100% Toyota. Just a better vehicle.

@mchuo7834 7 месяцев назад

@@morstyrannis1951 the car is trashed before 100k miles and 5 years. And every gen of the equinox had some major problems…..they should discontinue this garbage

@lilibethdoherty295 7 месяцев назад

Einsteins Best Quote "Stupidity has no Limitations."

@jonathonashby2203 7 месяцев назад

The thing that’s bugging me in the first video there was no RPM showing when you were cranking it, which tells me crank position sensor is faulting/ temperamental 🤷🏼‍♂️

@mmllmmll22 7 месяцев назад

Crank position / cam position or correlation of them.

@jonathonashby2203 7 месяцев назад

@@mmllmmll22 my thoughts exactly pal

@jimr549 7 месяцев назад

There's a lot of guessing going on with no real diagnosing. Scoping the timing and comparing to known good signals would have verified the reluctor position with no disassembly.

@josephgrondin9081 7 месяцев назад

I had a freshly built LS dyno broken in with all new sensors. Onec installed, If I could get it started it would run like crap. No codes. I refused to believe it was a sensor due to them being all new oem and no codes. While chasing grounds my buddy was holding the scan tool and was like dude you have no rpm while cranking. Sure enough swapped the crank sensor and i fired right up and ran great.

@johnmitchell8925 7 месяцев назад

So true. Lots more initial diagnostics should have been done before tearing into it@@jimr549

@peterdaniel66 7 месяцев назад

Remember when you had an engine that had no coolant. No computers. No electronics, No oil filter? And the valve covers came off with a flick of a screwdriver? VW remembers

@kevinbarry71 7 месяцев назад

36 hp. No heat. No air-conditioning.

@simonilett998 7 месяцев назад

VW only remembers those until the 60's, ever since then VW have been almost as bad as GM🤣

@DirceuCorsetti 7 месяцев назад

No need to remember, just go to a museum.

@mexicanspec 7 месяцев назад

You burn some paper in the passenger foot well for heat and nobody needs air conditioning.@@kevinbarry71

@mexicanspec 7 месяцев назад

They are still running around my town. They stopped selling them new in 2003.@@DirceuCorsetti

@dewdew34 7 месяцев назад

To Eric's sister on behalf of GM and their engineers i apologize for this turd of a motor ... and we're gonna make it right... when hell freezes over.

@mrgoodbar216 7 месяцев назад

And thats too soon for gm lol

@nachobroryan8824 7 месяцев назад

I wonder why they went bankrupt

@rogerdirks947 7 месяцев назад

When the crank position sensor goes bad, the ignition system and ECM don't get pulses to know the engine is spinning (by starter), so the ignition system and fuel system just stop working like the engine is not spinning. Therefore no codes. At least that is how the crank position sensor works on my 2005 LeSabre with the 3800 in it. Probably one of the last passenger car engines to be able to run half a million miles without internal destruction.

@onlyactingup 7 месяцев назад

My GMH 03 (Australian) with a 3.8 L v6 only has 80k miles with two faults I fixed myself, so the coil pack module failed and the stereo amp failed and caused a battery draw.

@mitchhedberg4415 7 месяцев назад

I see 400k+ Toyota 4cyl and 6cyl fairly often

@rogerdirks947 7 месяцев назад

@@mitchhedberg4415 yeah, I did say last few ... Toyota has some engines that go way up there as well

@Vikturus22 7 месяцев назад

man GM gone down hill when in it comes to engine quality. Remember the legendary 3.8? Bulletproof engines! especially when they supercharged them too! I wish these engines were back in production

@caddyguy5369 7 месяцев назад

Still driving one of the supercharged ones. :-) I also have a 2019 one of these. I like my 24 year old Bonneville more though. I'm either getting rid of the equinox, or if I decide to keep it, gutting the electronics to make it a "dumb" car and engine swapping at some point. I hate modern cars so much.

@cmoore7700 7 месяцев назад

I have an 02 and an02 LeSabre and both run well with the 3800 v6

@pontiacsrule8761 5 месяцев назад

I have two Pontiac Grand Prix's. 2007 has 170,000 miles & runs like brand new. have a 2001 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP. Still gets 28 mpg & runs like new.

@RicoCantrell 7 месяцев назад

I feel for ya brother. I'm working on a 2011 right now with a 3.0.

@JamesPrill-hz1oj 7 месяцев назад

I believe it books out 5 hours to r&r the valve cover, crazy!

@tony_25or6to4 7 месяцев назад

The Wizard says the Equinox is a car to avoid.

@mitchhedberg4415 7 месяцев назад

They are blowing rear main seals like crazy

@peteregger7928 7 месяцев назад

Surprised GM isn't using plastic cam shafts and lifters yet!

@KG5RK 7 месяцев назад

WORKIN' on it !!! 🤣🤣🤣

@tman4915 7 месяцев назад

Don’t tempt them. GM is in competition with themselves to see how useless and crappy they can build their vehicles

@johnvrbka570 4 месяца назад

They would they made it past warranty

@brentmiller3479 7 месяцев назад

But Eric your sister saved so much money not buying a Toyota or Honda, What could go wrong! GM JUNK!!!

@ChattinArmsCorp 7 месяцев назад

Thanks a Ton for holding it down and keeping things real, John. I live for your busy work updates man. Keep going!

@anthonyslazas6413 7 месяцев назад

At least you have a nice warm shop with plenty of lighting to work in.

@pedrolrjunior2 7 месяцев назад

Here in Brazil these engines are terrible, it has a timing rubber belt inside the engine, when that goes bad it mess the timing really bad, idk if in the US they use the same engine, but it's something to look after, good luck for you my friend =D

@johnmitchell8925 7 месяцев назад

This engine has a steel timing chain. I think your referring to the ford eco bomb

@pedrolrjunior2 7 месяцев назад

@@johnmitchell8925 here in Brazil, GM, Fiat and Jeep had the stupid idea of putting rubber belt inside the engine, it would not last 60k KM (around 40k miles), Ford is also doing this in Brazil, it's awful =/

@stevekrueger3928 7 месяцев назад

and I thought my old 2013 with a 2.4L was a POS....

@RJARRRPCGP 7 месяцев назад

Looks like the 2015s still had those, so they got spanked by Honda N/A 2.4L I4s! I wished they at least included the 2.5 that the Malibu of the same year, had.

@will89687 7 месяцев назад

What are the odds of neglected oil changes with the inside of the valve cover looking like it does?

@RobbyJHope 7 месяцев назад

I just lost my job with a leased vehicle drive away company and almost half or more of the vehicles we managed were Chevy Equinox's and that got me thinking, "Were these vehicles produced soley to be leased?" and lo and behold, I found an article that states that the Equinox was the most leased vehicle for a few years. Makes sense, they are POS and made to be driven and junked when they are no longer profitable.

@clyde2801 7 месяцев назад

Somewhere in a boardroom ten years ago: "Well, we could do it THIS way and it will cause 40% of our engines to die prematurely, but we'll save two dollars making every vehicle!"

@Live2die777 7 месяцев назад

All new chevrolets are pos

@furmanmackey5479 7 месяцев назад

Now I think I know why so many of those cars have been showing up on second and third tier used car dealerships in our area. Nobody wanted to pay for the labor part of the repair bills.

@scottk.8494 7 месяцев назад

I notice that with low-end dealers also. You'll seeEquinoxes, Dodge Nitros, Malibus, Ford Escapes, Jeep Compasses, etc. At these types of dealers you you will not see anything Japanese.

@AaronSmith-kr5yf 7 месяцев назад

@@scottk.8494 Oh you'll see Nissans, cause they are junk as well. But yeah hardly ever Honda or Toyota products cause they can't snag them cheap enough at auctions to make $$$ on them. Also A LOT of these places have old rental cars, which are mostly junk Korean(anything small GM/Hyundia/Kia), Ford, or Fiats(masquerading as MOPARS)

@furmanmackey5479 7 месяцев назад

@@scottk.8494I'm pretty sure it would be a close "race" between any of the vehicles you mentioned for number of units seen on the lots of lower end used car dealerships around here. And until you mentioned it, I had not thought much about the very, very few Japanese cars and trucks I've seen on those same lots. Now if we start talking cars produced in South Korea that would be an entirely different matter with some of those cars looking almost brand new inside and out and having relatively low mileage showing. Despite outward appearances and lowish mileage, I would not trust my hard-earned retirement money on any of them.

@thecman26 7 месяцев назад

How's the house remodel going?

@n9wox 7 месяцев назад

Fuel, spark, compression, timing

@awilsonf 7 месяцев назад

I have a 2019 GMC Terrain Denali 2.0 turbo. I change with Costco synthetic oil every 5k miles and 60k miles in drives like the day I bought it new. AWD on it’s really quick off the line. This Eq was purchased used and probably wasn’t taken care of with regular maintenance by the previous owner. Just traded in my 2014 Buick Lacrosse with the 3.6 120k miles no problems again every 5k Costco Synth for a Bolt Euv which I’m really liking. No more gas no maintenance and it’s very zippy around town. One pedal driving is awesome and 9” screen all in under $20k with tax credit and trade.

@JoshX9 7 месяцев назад

The water/oil mix in the intake could just be moisture from the engine not getting up to temp for long enough to evaporate the moisture that forms naturally from temperature changes. This is a common issue in older 2.0 VW engines, The engines would get this nasty yellow thick sludge under the oil cap and PCV system because the engine doesn't get hot enough to burn the moisture out and thus creates this oily watery mixture, VW tried to remedy this with a PCV heater which didn't work.

@applec2400 7 месяцев назад

You keep saying it’s a new car… but it was bought used. I bet that never had an oil change in its life and it was probably ran hard.

@fasttruckman 7 месяцев назад

I saw a video where the reluctor came apart. The guy spun the engine by hand, and as the reluctor was rotating, you could see the sensor part of the reluctor shift as the reluctor rotated.

@zacharywhite8230 7 месяцев назад

Was that watch wes work?

@fasttruckman 7 месяцев назад

@zacharywhite8230 If I remember correctly, it was South Main Auto. I don't remember what car make it was, but I figure the cam reluctors are probably all about the same design.

@ryanragan8899 7 месяцев назад

It was south main auto. It was the Buick equivalent to this equinox.

@fasttruckman 7 месяцев назад

@@ryanragan8899 finally my memory didn't fail me.

@kristofftaylovoski60 7 месяцев назад

Is not the general consensus is that these things are steaming turds????

@MazichMusic 7 месяцев назад

The gen 2 versions did not steam like these. No turbo, just sufficient displacement.

@Stressless2023 7 месяцев назад

@@MazichMusic The gen 2 Equinox was just as shitty as these current ones.

@simonilett998 7 месяцев назад

It's a Chinese GM, just put it out of it's misery and scrap it already, that's what you do now🤣👍

@firedrew 7 месяцев назад

The best thing about this video.... The 2024 Equinox commercial that popped up just after 9 minutes 🤣

@pkt1213 7 месяцев назад

Woah! Haircut mid video.

@pkt1213 7 месяцев назад

You should use the Z06 motor in the Equinox.

@Cartier_specialist 7 месяцев назад

@@pkt1213Yeah I noticed that and no barber in sight. Probably great clips work if I was guessing though.

@pkt1213 7 месяцев назад

The camera was pretty close in one scene and I remarked to myself how much more gray he has than when I started watching his channel. Then remembered we are the same age and have a lot more gray. Next scene, BAM, no more gray.

@WatchJRGo 7 месяцев назад

The outro is like 5 days later 😂

@tossedsalad5532 7 месяцев назад

Why would you not have done a compression test or leal down test first

@johnpapia8128 7 месяцев назад

I just replaced my chevy equinox engine 5000.00 . They have bad engines

@ThriftMachine 7 месяцев назад

Going from that to my old chevy 400 makes me think we are going backwards sometimes

@bernandoturner4840 7 месяцев назад

Watch Jrgo.!!! 🇺🇸Please put the Lady in A Chevy L6 engine. Rave reviews on those engines’ or let her have the Black 5.0 mustang you have’ the Lady Need’s A Car…A Running & Driving Car…😄😅😄

@johnmitchell8925 7 месяцев назад

Id replace that PCV valve thats on the bottom side of that valve cover while you have it off. It also has a very small hole in it that gets plugged when the oil isn't changed on time. Yet another bright idea by GM

@simonilett998 7 месяцев назад

Definitely cranks like it's got a compression issue, I'm guessing it has probably jumped teeth on the timing chain, you didn't mention anything about verifying the cam/crank timing? The crank is most likely a few teeth advanced, and/or the cams are out of time with each other, perhaps all of the above👍

@stevenewsam6698 7 месяцев назад

I agree. Sounds off when cranking the engine. I would absolutely visually verify cam / crank timing before reassembling that engine

@simonilett998 7 месяцев назад

@@stevenewsam6698 Yep for sure, a lot of work to go back in there again, something's not quite right. Hopefully JR did verify it but just forgot to mention in the video. And...then there's still the mystery of the forbidden coolant milkshake to investigate🤣

@FelixPagan-wg1jz 7 месяцев назад

Cams can be out of time, jump timing, stretch belt or chain.

@thomasmroz 7 месяцев назад

these have got to be up there in the worst vehicles to buy list..

@charltonblackburn5217 7 месяцев назад

My 2015 equinox has 243,000 miles on it! I’ve only replaced the battery and brakes! It does use oil and a lot of it!

@mitchhedberg4415 7 месяцев назад

Coolant? trans fluid? brake fluid?

@regjoe30 7 месяцев назад

I know you guys looked at the timing marks, but if the guides are shot, but it hasn't jumped teeth yet, it may still be the problem.

@mikemontgomery7337 7 месяцев назад

Keep it going !! I love your channel no matter what direction you wanna go with it !!!

@richardmorse5307 7 месяцев назад

I lost all faith in GM back when I bought a used 1980 Olds Cutlass. It was a piece of junk but it had been poorly maintained by the previous owner and been in an accident. I’m not defending GM but I feel that poor maintenance is a factor in how the vehicle holds up. Would I buy it again, no.

@RJARRRPCGP 7 месяцев назад

I suspect a lot of new engines fail easily, if neglected.

@elwoodwilliams-k1n 7 месяцев назад

You should of done a compression check 1st. I advised that in the 1st video. No need to pull the valve cover 1st. I have heard of the cam mechanism slipping on the cam & creating timing issues. The engine sounds like it's out of time to me.

@noonehere1793 7 месяцев назад

One would think that GM who taught the world how to build cars, would still remember how to keep customers in 2024….

@Stressless2023 7 месяцев назад

I'd bet GM will be much smaller if not completely gone in the U.S 10 years from now - Such a mismanaged company.

@whatareyoudoingyouidiot342 7 месяцев назад

GM is just like every other corporation in America. They're not in business to make cars, they're in business to make MONEY. And they make more money selling cheap unreliable junk (at overinflated prices) than they would if they built something reliable. Hell, with only 60K on the clock and being only 4 years old, why the hell is this thing not covered under warranty?!

@bloomerdavid 7 месяцев назад

Henry Ford taught the world how to build cars.

@whatareyoudoingyouidiot342 7 месяцев назад

@@bloomerdavid And then Kiichiro Toyoda taught the world how to build RELIABLE cars.

@tails300 7 месяцев назад

Actually Toyota taught GM how to build cars when the NUMMI plant was still open. Guess never learned a thing because they let the factory shutdown which is now in use by Tesla.

@JohnsVintageRoadBikeGarage 7 месяцев назад

I thought you said you were not going to work on POS cars anymore. Unwatchable. Love your channel otherwise

@johnmitchell8925 7 месяцев назад

Lots of very small oil holes that feed, oil to lots of vital parts on these cars including one at the vacuum pump and they clog if the oil isn't change properly Thats why buying one of these used is a big gamble

@kevinkehlet1543 7 месяцев назад

I am so glad I have the 2.0l turbo on my 2018

@scrappy7571 7 месяцев назад

I can hear when it cranks, low compression. Most likely broken piston ring lands, We do plenty of these at the dealer.

@marioeduardoferreiraruiz 7 месяцев назад

Okay…so I’m hooked now, I’ll be back for the next episode of ‘What’s Wrong with the 2019 Equinox’. I currently own a 2020 LS FWD, and I can’t wait for this kind of fun! 🤩

@tomwspoon 7 месяцев назад

I have a neighbor who has one of these, should I warn them? Anything they can do to prevent the failure?

@sleepyhollow783 7 месяцев назад

Consistent oil & filter changes with full synthetic oil & quality filter every 5000 miles or sooner. Check oil level in between oil changes. Drain & fill the transmission every 30,000 miles. Never let it overheat.

@johnmitchell8925 7 месяцев назад

Direct injection engines tend to dirty up the oil like a diesel so its just hard to tell unless there is a sticker for the last maintenance

@Tallyweb850 7 месяцев назад

Did anybody else feel the need to go to the bathroom during the oil drain scene?

@stevenchen1156 3 месяца назад

Do not add 87 fuel, 89 is a must. Recommend 5w30 instead of 0w20.

@bcastonguay51 7 месяцев назад

This job made you lose your hair after the oil change! 😂

@WatchJRGo 7 месяцев назад

It sure did 😂

@KarinaKarinaS 2 месяца назад

I just made my 3rd payment on mine and it's in the shop.

@boredom.victim 7 месяцев назад

adapter plate and a Toyota engine 😂

@jeremyTallen1 7 месяцев назад

Imagine if GM would had just perfected the GM 3.8 series 3 and put it in all of these vehicles instead of this junk

@mitchhedberg4415 7 месяцев назад

They were outdated in some ways. Poor city mpgs, low horsepower

@shakey2634 7 месяцев назад

In hindsight, would you have done the compression and leak down check before any disassembly? Could you have put a scope on it and checked valve, ignition and injector pulse timing before any disassembly?

@leolionz3692 7 месяцев назад

Seems like this car didn't really have the best maintenance performed to it over the years

@torino-yn9yw 7 месяцев назад

I had a similar discover on a fe390 useing coolant no visible leaks. Cracked lifter valley. With operating temps at 210 coolant boils off will not show up on dip stick

@fastinradfordable 7 месяцев назад

“Nothing is mounted with 2 bolts” Um… alternator …. Ac compressor. Freaking crankshaft pulley holding a loose timing gear is only ONE BOLT. Why the obsession with 3bolts?

@troyg3439 7 месяцев назад

I have owned a 2012 Cruze, a 2015 Sonic, both with 1.4T gen1. Currently have a 2018 Cruze with a gen2 1.4T, the same engine family as this Equinox. I have 135k miles on my 2018, all trouble-free. The biggest issues I've seen with these engines, are people not changing the oil frequently enough, or using the wrong oil. Since 2017, all GM cars require a full synthetic oil, now dexos gen3. Dealership oil change price is a deal vs anywhere else when this is considered. Guarantee most people are not putting full synthetic oil in at their local oil change place. I'd suspect compression issues, rings coked up with crud. It's a turbo engine, it needs full synthetic oil.

@RJARRRPCGP 7 месяцев назад

With new engines, you must change the oil frequently!

@richardmorse5307 7 месяцев назад

I bought a 1978 Toyota Celica 5 speed manual. The engine, transmission, brakes, suspension and steering were very good. The body tended to rust out and the interior had the most plastic of any car I’ve seen, including the seats. It was a very reliable car for the money and I’m sorry that I traded it in on a 1988 Subaru GL 4WD wagon. This was the most under powered and lifeless car we have ever owned. Hard to work on with that boxer engine and very thin panels. Should have bought a Camry station wagon instead😥😥😥

@brookmeyers6621 7 месяцев назад

GM used to make the best vehicals on American roads, a VERY long time ago.

@BigjohnZ06 7 месяцев назад

Boy, I thought the 2017 and Older Equinoxes and Terrains that have the 2.4 liter 4 cylinder engines were Bad. The 2018 and Newer ones that have the 1.5 Turbo are Even Worse, maybe Worse than Ford's 1.5 liter Ecoboost engine.

@28cthedestroyer 7 месяцев назад

Its could be lack of matinence but thats new GM for ya, obviously they can make and do make better cars then others but even your "cheaper" models should last at least 150k like common now

@josephdeakyne197 7 месяцев назад

Ill never buy a chevy again 100.000 junk it

@scottalston8670 7 месяцев назад

Oil is diluted from the DI fuel sneaking by rings

@robertmeyer7664 7 месяцев назад

Change the head gasket in case has a small crack

@kevinbarry71 7 месяцев назад

You had to order those parts because no one ever works on these engines. They just throw it, and the car it is in, in the trash and move on

@q_bzy 7 месяцев назад

For the love of God, Chevy Equinox are the equivalent of Dodge Calibers and late 90's Ford Taurus'. DO NOT BUY THEM.

@norriszappa25 7 месяцев назад

I had a 2013 gmc terrain that threw a rod 6 months after i bought it. It seems these suvs have major engine problems that gm hasn't fixed even 11 years later

@aaronturner1072 7 месяцев назад

4 cyl? At one point these had a recall by GM for oil consumption. The fix was new pistons and rings (aka soft rebuild)...so far we have the same year and had the rebuild done by dealer under recall and it has been rock solid. Oil consumption is nil and runs good just coarse like Ecotecs do. Only real issue is the rust. Whatever metal they built this gen Terrain and Equinox rusts very quickly and paint flakes off of it while driving. These cars rust like their 1980s ancestors when driven in the salt belt.

@BlizzyM0bileGunner 7 месяцев назад

Was on the market for a used car truck or SUV about 8 months ago almost was suckered into buying one of these was a 2019 with over 100,000 miles on it they were trying to screw me into a terrible deal was a really nice looking truck on the inside but really avoided a big issue if I was to get one of these

@Billccm 7 месяцев назад

Another example of GM being Toyota's best salesman.

@InfoArt1 4 месяца назад

i thought you were brother of livandoski player :)

@magenta4443 24 дня назад

Our 2020 Chevy Equinox just failed on us. There was a smell of burned rubber. Then there was a dashboard message: "Reduced Engine Power." After that, the engine light came on. We had it digitally scanned at a nearby Auto Zone which informed us there was a failed turbocharger. We drove home and haven't driven it in two days because the dealership was closed for the weekend. We are at 50,000 mileage. I did find a class action lawsuit online as Chevy knew about this defect since 2019 and should have ceased selling this defective engine. Normal turbochargers may fail after 150,000-200,000 miles.

@faugrad 7 месяцев назад

I had one of these as a loaner recently. Most uninspiring vehicle I’ve driven in a long time. You could tell that everything was designed by a committee.

@johnmitchell8925 7 месяцев назад

A lot of car lots buy these from rental car companies and advertise them as one owner vehicle's. You really need to do your home work when buying a used car and get all the maintenance records

@marcodarko6941 7 месяцев назад

I was just looking at listings for them.. lots and lots of sales listing and the one thing I noticed on more than a few of them they are marked as "private/personal use" but have a rental agency by name listed as a contact. Pretty much most of the other listings were marked as "corporate/fleet" use vehicle.

@Tom-x3m9g 7 месяцев назад

That's what they all do, just because they think they know what the problem is.This car is known for a bad this or that. WRONG!!!! Don't rip apart anything until you check out the easiest thing to do. My 2007 Equinox was bought for 4000. With 62,000 miles on it, now has 115,000 miles on it, with no engine trouble at all. So they are not all junk.I like mine with the 3.4 in it

@joshuabrown3525 7 месяцев назад

It used to be that Chevrolets were reliable. The 2000 to 2005 Impalas with the 3.8 liter, the old trucks, and anything with an old LT1 engine come to mind immediately. Now, if you buy a Chevy Sonic or a Chevrolet Equinox; you might get up to 70,000 miles before it becomes too expensive to repair. Not only that, you have to work 3 - 8 hours to pull even the easiest of items. It used to be you can put a water pump on and under an hour. Now, you have to change the water pump along with the timing chain. Pathetic.

@patricksewell2010 7 месяцев назад

I wonder if it developed a small misfire at some point and the previous owner just kept driving it and now the cats are just plugged? Should be able to just remove the upstream O2 sensor and that will give enough pressure relief on the exhaust for it to at least start? My wife has a 2009 traverse and it had the exact same issue and I thought the engine was hosed because it was literally a crank no start just like this with no check engine lights and I thought there was no way the cats were plugged because it was such low mileage, but sure enough the cats were both completely plugged and it was enough to cause the crank no start issue, even though it acted like it was going to catch here and there, it never started until I pulled the upstream O2 sensor and then it was able to run. Did the cat job and it was back on the road running perfectly 🤞

@cheapcargarage 7 месяцев назад

The Equinox was a pile of garbage from the get go! Is this a Kansas thing to drive GM Junk? For the same money they could have purchased a bulletproof Toyota. I just don’t understand.

@stoveguy2133 7 месяцев назад

The previous 3.4 motor was less then stellar. 180hp. Same as 1.5 turbo.

@RJARRRPCGP 7 месяцев назад

The 3.1 was 180 HP. The 3.4s were usually 205-210 lb./ft. and/or HP. The 3.1 was only 180 lb./ft.

@schoolhater75 7 месяцев назад

A lot of short run intervals would definitely explain the slight milkiness of the oil. It doesn’t look like it was maintained well in its previous life either.

@RJARRRPCGP 7 месяцев назад

I suspect that with a lot of engines. :( (mostly just sitting!)

@bmwpete65s55 7 месяцев назад

Seems like a compression check first would have been a lot easier.

@andrewsuppa7468 7 месяцев назад

Our 2012 Equinox base 4 cylinder ran fine until they replaced a leaky water pump. We were told by some people that the pump is connected to the timing chain somehow. Chevy said it's not. But it runs different from before the replacement.

@DJR5280 7 месяцев назад

Water pump is ran off the balance shaft chain on the 2.4

@dreadfulsimplicity6944 7 месяцев назад

If it’s whining or making a weird noise from the chain side of the engine they did not reset the tensioner

@andrewsuppa7468 7 месяцев назад

@dreadfulsimplicity6944 there is a weird noise when you're accelerating and the remote start is always toss up whether the car stays running. The car is presently getting another water pump because the aftermarket one is leaking now. It's under warranty and I paid extra for a factory pump. They said they are having trouble with the timing.

@tombolin7168 7 месяцев назад

@@dreadfulsimplicity6944some tensioners are not resetable and have to be replaced with the water pump?

@aaronturner1072 7 месяцев назад

Like others have said here likely the balance chain tensioner was not reset because the replacement pump was done using the holding tool and the chain moved just enough to let the tensioner extend to max. It is resettable but the timing cover is coming off for sure. Honestly had it been done on first replacement only adds like another 20 minutes plus new timing cover gasket to the job. BTW the delco replacement pumps are not very good. Have done two on GMC terrains (one 2011, one 2013) and the aftermarket pumps by Napa are much better and have better warranties. Also used water/glycol resistant RTV along with the pump gasket...close to 100K since the replacement on the 2013 and still going strong. Sold the 2011 as a flip but it was also running fine with no leaks. This craziness that they dropped in to replace the old 2.4 seems to be even worse! Aside from the turbo and its additional "stuff", why would they put the DI stuff on top? On the old engine it is behind the Intake manifold in the front...valve cover gasket is a 20 minute job. Methinks planned obsolescence was designed into this motor.

@hotboiorlando 7 месяцев назад

This seems to be a theme with these Chevy Equinox's I have ran across at least 3 of them on the market place all with bad engines an I have heard a couple in my town with ticking or nocking engines shame on you gm for making junk like these