@@Okeanops6 No, GM has your back on that either way. Helping my neighbour with his daughters opel ecotech which has a plate oil cooler mounted on the side of the block behind the DPF. Guess how often the gaskets on those dont leak? Also it has the stupid "no service" auto gearbox.
That is clean. I did get a nice engine last week. They unplugged and included the main harness. I was able to drop the new/used engine in utilizing the salvage yard harness. Most of the time Edward Scissor hands pulls them out.
As far as removing the engine from the top. I’m of the mindset of whatever is easiest to do. The less you disturb the less to reinstall. You’re spot on this job. Good luck with it. You and the family stay safe and healthy.
Dear Mr. Wes. 👍👌👏 700 bucks for a totally rust free 2012 Captiva with good interior? That was a fantastic deal for sure! Congrats! Very well done! 2) I would bet that if the engine is maintained correctly, the typical oil consumption will be no problem. VW once had 1.4 l engines in a lot of different cars that was known for using a bit more oil. No other issues indeed. 3) I would keep the old cylinder head or at least sell it. 4) Why in the world would anybody want to pull an engine out downwards??? Sometimes it's possible to pull an engine out and in upwards even with the gearbox still attached! And if you own a Mercedes not even the hood has to be removed because it can be adjusted vertically! This feature is with this brand at least since 1968 as far as I know (type W114/115 also called /8). Originally designed for better maintenance accessibility of course. 4a) The only cars I know to pull out an engine downwards are ones with rear engines and rear wheel drive. For instance oldtimer like VW bug or bus, Fiat 500, some NSU and the role model for the NSU TT = the Corvair. 5) Looking into that oil pan and that shattered crank case I guess a typical Andrew Camarata saying would have been: Phew, those bad made thin metal engines nowadays. They simply cannot withstand the slightest knocking from a broken piston rod. And look at the interior of that car. Can't even be repaired/fixed with an angle grinder! ;-) :-) Thanks a lot for making teaching recording editing uploading and sharing. Best regards, luck and health to you, your families, relatives and friends.
@@WatchWesWork Really? This is your complete replying to my comment? Okay then let's go into medias res: 2) ??? Why? I pulled out and helped to pull out even 6 cyl inline engines (2,8 l Nissan/Datsun and Mercedes). Also V4 and V6 (Ford) engines and absolutely all upwards! I never pulled out an engine downwards and I have never ever seen somebody doing that (at least not in Germany). By the way: Especially on floating boats and ships this pulling out an engine downwards procedure should be avoided strictly! ;-) :-)
I swear it’s just a blast watching you work. There can’t be a more honest wrencher in your area. Keep it up, hope you do very well on your channel. Thank you
A good deal of the work you do reminds me of working with my Dad when I was much younger, except my Dad was generally in a foul mood over the repairs and fabrication and would be more inclined to heave a wrench across the shop then crack a joke. My wife and I both watch your videos; they are outstanding! You’re patience is commendable as is your humor. Look forward to the next one.
Small engines, absolutely. He once repaired a very old ‘Flandria” moped with a magneto problem. It had been sitting outside for about two decades. The engine was mounted over the front tire on a mounting bracket that would allow it to engage the front tire once you had the “bike” up to speed. Pretty neat. He also was able to successfully replace the camshaft on our 1972 Ford Pinto. Talk about expletives! But much like you always do, he persevered! Stay well! @@WatchWesWork
I keep an old funky tool box with what I like to call "adaptable" wrenches. They are old wrenches that I can bend, grind, weld, to make the wrench work for any particular situation where my "good" wrenches don't work. Nice job on the rebuild Wes, thumbs up.
Everyone told me to take the motor out the bottom, I pulled it out the top. My dad worked for gm for 30ish years and had the same thing happen with those welded nuts lol. It was a manual g5 so to get clearance I removed the side timing cover, made the job 1000x easier and with loads of room. Those 2.4s are bad for burning oil hopefully you got a good one!
They were probably watching and laughing about all the suckers these shit boxes were sold to. Gm puts out some of the worst garbage that I don't even know how they still have a customer base
Just as I was beginning to feel depressed because I finished watching today's Mustie1 video, up pops a new WWW vid! Hold on, I need a new cup of coffee. Thanks Wes, stay safe!
I know this is an older video, but in case you are still struggling with the Ecotecs, I’ve never had to use a special tool on one of the Ecotec oil filter caps. Just a basic 32mm shallow 1/2 drive socket and a long extension, tools that should already be in any pro mechanics tool box. Works great even on the GDI Ecotecs, changing the filter only takes a minute.
The wife isn’t, tho!! Lol!! Windshield=CHEAPER!! Besides, this wife appears to be a keeper!! What can you say?? Cold day! Nothing to do!! Hanging out in the shop with the hubby!! Certainly better than, “NO DEAR, THOSE PANTS DONT MAKE YOUR BUTT LOOK BIG”! “YES DEAR, I WILL TAKE OUT THE TRASH, AND VACUUM THE FLOORS, AFTER I REINSTALL THIS ENGINE!” Or, so I’ve heard!! Not admitting to anything, here!! 🥺🥺🤥
"Things go together faster when you know what you're doing" 😃 how many times has that been said? Still chuckling from your model rebrand - oh and little bear assisting you last week. I'll look forward to the next project.
Regarding your final comments on rust, here in Alberta we use some sort of BeetJuice blend to cut the ice on our roads, and we don't get quite as bad rust issues anymore on our vehicles. It leaves a heavy white film on our asphalt but it works like a charm.
Man, seeing all those loose parts in the oil pan reminded me of my grandparents Studebaker Lark, an early 60's I think. I was in the car when the engine tossed a rod, locked up the engine and caused the car to skid down the throughway backward. It left a trail of broken engine parts down the highway. We were lucky we didn't hit anyone and no one hit us. We did get tired of explaining that, no, we weren't driving the wrong way on the highway.
think your a damn fine mechanic great vid only reason you get negative comments about this type job is most people are too lazy to get up off their ass to take something similar
I bought a late model SAAB 93 with an Ecotech. The o-rings on the coolant crossover pipe failed. It cost a $1000 to fix a .50 cent part at any garage. GM is quite capable of some shameful engineering. Stay safe. Cheers!
20:00 "With persistence-and a lot of spit-the elephant deflowered the mosquito." Great forensic session, Wes. All that was missing was the mask, gloves, and bone-saw!
33:00 when you talked about the battery sitting on the concrete floor. I used to get super stressed about things like that, and still prefer to set a battery on a piece of wood; even though I KNOW it doesn't matter. I just can't stop myself. Car looks and sounds great, God bless from Alberta, Canada.
We have them here in Australia called the Holden Captiva and they are absolutely shit and they were made in the old daewoo factory. Awesome video though, your content is really good
@@outdoorsmansgarage I never heard that. My saturn sc-1 had an engine made here. My friend's Vue with a 6 cylinder is a Honda engine and it's still being driven daily.
I went to try and braze up a cracked exhaust manifold on another GM product many years ago - a 2.9 liter Colorado I owned. What I thought was a bad manifold gasket was a cracked manifold, and when I unbolted the manifold it fell apart into a couple of big chunks. A new manifold was $600, a used manifold was cracked in the same place, so now there is a well-maintained 2010 Colorado with 200,000 miles and a stainless steel Pacesetter header. I sold it a couple of years ago but I still see it running around.
Hey Wes, No matter what you repair or restore to running order, your videos are great and inspire others to wrench themselves. You could fix a Radial Flyer and I would still find it interesting to watch. Just want to say thank you and God bless your family.
No comment on top vs bottom pulling but I definitely agree with you on getting the alignment check. The alternative is "guess" and "hope" as to whether the alignment is ok and I personally prefer to work in facts instead of hope, both as a consumer and as the repairer.
Thanks, Wes this was as informative as it was entertaining. We rented one of these for local driving in Arizona in 2013. I'd never heard of the model (later found out it only sold in USA as a fleet vehicle), and thought it looked "odd" inside. I wasn't impressed at all by it, but the worst thing about it was that we returned it having put on 40 miles and it used 4 gallons of gas! Yup, 10MPG in city driving.
Without a doubt, your way is the correct way to take that engine out. Some cars you absolutely have to drop it, but for many cars and for your reasons out the top is the right way.
It came out great, man ! It'll be on the road for another 8 years at least. I thought you will fix this for your lady. Car looks perfect for a woman. ✌️
Thank you Wes for repairing instead of allowing to be disposed at the crusher. With this we see that we need to be more grateful and humbled with the farmer/rancher mentality. Hello here from Sfe New Mexico.
This was fun to watch with morning coffee. Thanks for the financial break down, it helps bring things into perspective. I always wonder how long those first generation CVTs will last, that has to be the wild card.
I am so impressed by your attitude, your knowledge, your patience and your ability to share information. Wonderful family and workplace. I learn so much from you, South Main Eric O, and Andrew Carminata (sp). The best three channels on UA-cam for mechanicals. Add some guns and it would be perfect.
Wes, thank you for taking the time to upload your videos, really enjoyed this two part video. Good commentary, nice editing and a pleasure to watch. 👍👍👍👍👍
Im impressed with your skills as a mechanic. That was a huge undertaking but it was definitely worth it. Its a nice looking vehicle! It just needs a good detailing! Good Luck with it!!
I just found your channel after I came back in from the garage. I was working on my 56-year-old Corvair that has zero rust. LOL. That's about the only thing that makes me glad I live in California. Didn't break a single bolt all morning. :-)
You and your lovely assistant need to make a battery storage stand. It would have 1 shelf at the bottom for oversized truck/industrial equipment batteries. Then middle shelf would have space for 2 normal car/truck/suv or whatever else you may work on. Top shelf would hold that battery maintainer/recharger. If you put it on heavy-duty casters you won't have to lug batteries everywhere. I would also have a few spots for jumper cables, zip ties, brush to clean posts and cables along with any other stuff you normally use to work on batteries.
Wes, Good to see the family home and happy and healthy! Very nice work. Surprised how nicely the engine went back in! Of course it was all technique (and a little luck). Your assistant needs an arm massage after holding that hood up for you! You had me laughing pretty good on this video! Thanks and stay safe!
Good Job ! Hi back to you #1 assistant, love how she pinky fingered the hood. Faded plastic is a sunny state problem, but they make a spray can for that.
Just wanted to thank you for your videos, you do a good job and manage to do it without swearing, are occasionally sarcastic yet informative and entertaining. God Bless and keep safe
Another quality job by triple W. You take care of that nice teacher. She looks very patient. Always put her first. You will never regret doing that. Thanks for the fun . :-)
Hey Wes, you do it your way. Makes sense to me and I would bet it is cheaper your way. Dealers will do it the "easy" way which generally costs a lot more. But its not their money is it? Keep up the good work, love learning from your videos.
My wife and I just bought a 2016 Chevy Traverse LTZ AWD for our son who will be attending TX A&M to be a Doctor Of Veterinary Medicine so I needed him to drive something he can haul and something dependable. The car was naughty from a dealership here in town I deal with all the time Kunes, you may have heard of them since we both are in Northern IL. It has 52k and the underneath was the same as your Craptiva! The car was a Enterprise rental it's entire life in Beverly Hill, CA . The only thing I had to do was change the brakes and rotors. The rotors has the rotor screw that I got out by hand.....no drilling or broken torx bit
Storing batteries on a concrete floor was a problem 100 years ago, but not nowadays, since modern batteries have a plastic housing. If you search the web you'll see that it's nothing to worry about. Nice videos btw. Greetings from Sweden 🙂
I also hate it because you can't use upgraded filters I like mobil 1 filters or Wix and with those stupid things your always stuck with the dumb factory style
And, if they don't take it to the dealer to change the oil , your connecting rod and crankshaft have an altercation, requiring you to buy another car. Pretty smart thinking on the engineering , NOT!
Not actually true, manufacturers have moved away from spin on filters and back to cartridge filters due to the amount of waste the spin on filters generate. They are very difficult to recycle, so all that steel with the oily internals has been going into landfill with obvious environmental impact. Cartridge filters can be incinerated without further processing to ensure no oil leaches into the ground.
Hey Wes, if the battery in question is fully charged, cold concrete floors won't hurt a thing. If you have a boat battery that you want to store for the winter, just charge it up and bag it in plastic and store it in the freezer for the winter, come spring , reinstall in boat and fire it up.
All that faded black trim on the lower sills. I've seen where you can take a propane torch to it and carefully heat it up and it'll bring that black back. Nice job is always West keep up the great work.
Nice to see you got the Captiva back on the road. Too bad some of these are ok vehicles, but the labour to swap the engine make it too expensive for owners to fix. (At least at some shops labour) Amazing condition underneath! Nice vehicle for the new owners. Hope it sells fast! Stay well, you and the family!
the labor is not too bad, it the price of the engine that through people off here. Live in Kansas, which the vehicle would have more rust on it if you got it from here with the humidity and the salt from the air from when Kansas was an Ocean
Really like the teardown and carnage aspects of the video, a lot of times people will just do their compression checks and leakdown and maybe a boroscope to confirm and then they just grab another engine and go. Good to see the whole picture, knowing the entire story so when you hear that tapping and light knocking, you know it's time to stop driving the car before it becomes a 1000 piece puzzle in the oil pan that isn't going back together.
You know why I like watching you? Well number one, you’re a real person that can laugh at your mistakes, like.. turns out it’s really easy when you know what you’re doing! I personally like going out the bottom, but since you knew you had to pull the motor, and not just work on it, really just a user decision. People are sure opinionated aren’t they.
I totally agree with firing up an engine with as little together as possible. Rarely do I even put coolant in. Less to take apart if something is wrong.
I know this is an old vid,Wes comments about the oil filter reminded me of a Olds I once owned.1980,I think it was what they then called the X body.4 cylinder 180 cubic inch,you had to remove the right front tire,lift up a special flap in the fender well,reach through to remove the filter.Always spilled oil all over the engine,no matter how much you wiped you could smell hot oil for a couple days after an oil change.
The new GM thoughtful (not) engineering is why I stopped owning their products. Last I had was 2002 Suburban, it ran well. This swap will help keep your skills alive, good luck in the future with that vehicle.
Great job Wes. If you've not seen those cartridge filters...you've not been working on VW/Audi vehicles...most all new ones have those, and use special oil too. I just use a big socket on them, filter located in relatively the same place. on my TDI, I always get nasty diesel oil on EVERYTHING! :|
Hello Wes, I enjoy your videos they are informative and entertaining. I live in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on Canada's east coast. I am a DYI and have a fairly well equipped home garage.I thought I lived in rust capital but after seeing some of the crap you work on your rust problem seems to just as bad. Our daily driver is a 2010 Ford Ranger Sport 4 x 4 which I Rust Check annually, $150.00 Cad. I have been using Rust Check for over 35 years and it works. We also have a 1980 Ford Fairmont and a 89 F150 with a 4.9, which we do not drive in the winter. The 89 is a work in progress, very little rust. I also have my wife help me bleed brakes. I will pose comments and technical questions from time to time. Again I enjoy your content. Brian
A few years ago when I was a maintenance supervisor I ask a tech at Yawasa ( if I spelled it right) and he said that leaving a battery sitting on concrete for an extended period of time does not affect them at all. When I was growing up working in my fathers garage, he always said not to sit a battery on concrete. So maybe the case on newer batteries is a different material. Not sure. Great video.
@@WatchWesWork LOL. That's funny. Must have an old husbands tale too. Awesome job with the engine swap. I sure don't miss those days. I used to love working on cars when I was young and there was enough room to crawl into the engine bay and disassemble everything. But now, you couldn't pay me enough. I would take a sledge hammer to it within 5 minutes.LOL
i look a some videos of the more nothern cars and i am amazed that i have a 52 year old truck that has rust issues but not as bad as some 10 year old vehicles im glad we do not have the salt issues here good luck on selling it
You can always tell what are snow country cars. We are spoiled here in the Southwest, you can drive a car for decades without rust issues. By the way, nice job with the engine install. I don’t have those skills but I appreciate those who do
'You kinda lose your motivation to clean your car out when it has a rod hanging out of the engine block' 😂 Great video.
Is it not the other way, don't take care and you'll find yourself at the side of the road with a rod and other pieces missing.
As a 30 year vetran of automotive repair, this made me LOL. Love it and great job.
@@Okeanops6 No, GM has your back on that either way. Helping my neighbour with his daughters opel ecotech which has a plate oil cooler mounted on the side of the block behind the DPF. Guess how often the gaskets on those dont leak? Also it has the stupid "no service" auto gearbox.
FWIW I think that was the nicest looking and prepared salvage yard engine I have ever seen. Your drug dealers did alright.
LOL. That's true, they gave it a nice bath!
😂
Had to disinfect it before it went down the road ;)
That is clean. I did get a nice engine last week. They unplugged and included the main harness. I was able to drop the new/used engine in utilizing the salvage yard harness. Most of the time Edward Scissor hands pulls them out.
Gm sure knows how to build them, guaranteed to break or your money back.
Your intelligence and patience give me hope for the world. Thank you.
Heh. I dunno. You might want to aim a little higher!
As far as removing the engine from the top. I’m of the mindset of whatever is easiest to do. The less you disturb the less to reinstall. You’re spot on this job. Good luck with it. You and the family stay safe and healthy.
I'm going back for old vids...gotta feed the addiction!
"Minor disagreement between the rod and crankshaft."
Great way to describe it! Thanks Wes.
Your providing a public service to those of us stuck at home with these videos, Wes! Glad I got to see the inside of that motor, it did not disappoint
Dear Mr. Wes.
👍👌👏 700 bucks for a totally rust free 2012 Captiva with good interior? That was a fantastic deal for sure! Congrats! Very well done!
2) I would bet that if the engine is maintained correctly, the typical oil consumption will be no problem. VW once had 1.4 l engines in a lot of different cars that was known for using a bit more oil. No other issues indeed.
3) I would keep the old cylinder head or at least sell it.
4) Why in the world would anybody want to pull an engine out downwards??? Sometimes it's possible to pull an engine out and in upwards even with the gearbox still attached! And if you own a Mercedes not even the hood has to be removed because it can be adjusted vertically! This feature is with this brand at least since 1968 as far as I know (type W114/115 also called /8). Originally designed for better maintenance accessibility of course.
4a) The only cars I know to pull out an engine downwards are ones with rear engines and rear wheel drive. For instance oldtimer like VW bug or bus, Fiat 500, some NSU and the role model for the NSU TT = the Corvair.
5) Looking into that oil pan and that shattered crank case I guess a typical Andrew Camarata saying would have been: Phew, those bad made thin metal engines nowadays. They simply cannot withstand the slightest knocking from a broken piston rod. And look at the interior of that car. Can't even be repaired/fixed with an angle grinder! ;-) :-)
Thanks a lot for making teaching recording editing uploading and sharing.
Best regards, luck and health to you, your families, relatives and friends.
Lots of V6 engine have to go out the bottom, but a 4 cylinder will almost always come out the top.
@@WatchWesWork
Really? This is your complete replying to my comment? Okay then let's go into medias res:
2) ??? Why? I pulled out and helped to pull out even 6 cyl inline engines (2,8 l Nissan/Datsun and Mercedes). Also V4 and V6 (Ford) engines and absolutely all upwards! I never pulled out an engine downwards and I have never ever seen somebody doing that (at least not in Germany).
By the way: Especially on floating boats and ships this pulling out an engine downwards procedure should be avoided strictly! ;-) :-)
I swear it’s just a blast watching you work. There can’t be a more honest wrencher in your area. Keep it up, hope you do very well on your channel. Thank you
I try!
He's been doing great .💪💪🖒✔
A good deal of the work you do reminds me of working with my Dad when I was much younger, except my Dad was generally in a foul mood over the repairs and fabrication and would be more inclined to heave a wrench across the shop then crack a joke. My wife and I both watch your videos; they are outstanding! You’re patience is commendable as is your humor. Look forward to the next one.
Yeah, my dad hated working on cars too. He preferred small engines or welding.
Small engines, absolutely. He once repaired a very old ‘Flandria” moped with a magneto problem. It had been sitting outside for about two decades. The engine was mounted over the front tire on a mounting bracket that would allow it to engage the front tire once you had the “bike” up to speed. Pretty neat. He also was able to successfully replace the camshaft on our 1972 Ford Pinto. Talk about expletives! But much like you always do, he persevered! Stay well! @@WatchWesWork
Afternoon Wes from a mad Uk. Hope you are ok in this time of madness. Enjoy the vids. Thank you.
We are doing well. Thanks for stopping by!
I keep an old funky tool box with what I like to call "adaptable" wrenches. They are old wrenches that I can bend, grind, weld, to make the wrench work for any particular situation where my "good" wrenches don't work. Nice job on the rebuild Wes, thumbs up.
Yeah I've got a box like that!
Everyone told me to take the motor out the bottom, I pulled it out the top. My dad worked for gm for 30ish years and had the same thing happen with those welded nuts lol. It was a manual g5 so to get clearance I removed the side timing cover, made the job 1000x easier and with loads of room. Those 2.4s are bad for burning oil hopefully you got a good one!
I hope so too!
Coat the underside with fluid film & drive it! Nice series; hope the GM engineers were watching.
They were probably watching and laughing about all the suckers these shit boxes were sold to. Gm puts out some of the worst garbage that I don't even know how they still have a customer base
You mean the Korean Daewoo engineers?
@@tylerwightman2315 because anyone dumb enough to willingly keep forking money over for this crap is dumb enough to argue that it's a quality product
Just as I was beginning to feel depressed because I finished watching today's Mustie1 video, up pops a new WWW vid! Hold on, I need a new cup of coffee. Thanks Wes, stay safe!
Drink up!
I’m in the same boat, straight from mustie to Wes
It's so nice to have this content at this difficult times
@@markchatman9583 Same here, From Mustie1 to Wes. Makes it a good day to stay at home
Same here. And are there any Andrew Camarata followers here too?
I know this is an older video, but in case you are still struggling with the Ecotecs, I’ve never had to use a special tool on one of the Ecotec oil filter caps. Just a basic 32mm shallow 1/2 drive socket and a long extension, tools that should already be in any pro mechanics tool box. Works great even on the GDI Ecotecs, changing the filter only takes a minute.
How did that scratch in windshield get there? Wife, "I don't know" 😀
LOL. Still better than doing it myself!
windshield is cheap to replace.
The wife isn’t, tho!! Lol!!
Windshield=CHEAPER!!
Besides, this wife appears to be a keeper!! What can you say?? Cold day! Nothing to do!! Hanging out in the shop with the hubby!! Certainly better than, “NO DEAR, THOSE PANTS DONT MAKE YOUR BUTT LOOK BIG”! “YES DEAR, I WILL TAKE OUT THE TRASH, AND VACUUM THE FLOORS, AFTER I REINSTALL THIS ENGINE!”
Or, so I’ve heard!! Not admitting to anything, here!! 🥺🥺🤥
Reckon she needs to hit the gym for some upper body strength training
"Things go together faster when you know what you're doing" 😃 how many times has that been said? Still chuckling from your model rebrand - oh and little bear assisting you last week. I'll look forward to the next project.
Regarding your final comments on rust, here in Alberta we use some sort of BeetJuice blend to cut the ice on our roads, and we don't get quite as bad rust issues anymore on our vehicles. It leaves a heavy white film on our asphalt but it works like a charm.
I like Wes humor 🙂
That engineering and special tools is what keeps the dealerships service bays full
Man, seeing all those loose parts in the oil pan reminded me of my grandparents Studebaker Lark, an early 60's I think. I was in the car when the engine tossed a rod, locked up the engine and caused the car to skid down the throughway backward. It left a trail of broken engine parts down the highway. We were lucky we didn't hit anyone and no one hit us. We did get tired of explaining that, no, we weren't driving the wrong way on the highway.
Thank you for posting such quality content, especially during this pandemic. I always learn something watching your videos.
think your a damn fine mechanic great vid only reason you get negative comments about this type job is most people are too lazy to get up off their ass to take something similar
Life is short. I can think of better use of my time than clowning around with a crap Chevy
To each their own
I bought a late model SAAB 93 with an Ecotech. The o-rings on the coolant crossover pipe failed. It cost a $1000 to fix a .50 cent part at any garage. GM is quite capable of some shameful engineering. Stay safe. Cheers!
Peter Lyons A 50 cent o ring can cost you a new engine.
@@jo9732 You are comparing a GM to a Kia, please! BTW you telling us you owned a Saab tells me everything I need to know GTFO here!
20:00 "With persistence-and a lot of spit-the elephant deflowered the mosquito."
Great forensic session, Wes. All that was missing was the mask, gloves, and bone-saw!
LOL.
33:00 when you talked about the battery sitting on the concrete floor. I used to get super stressed about things like that, and still prefer to set a battery on a piece of wood; even though I KNOW it doesn't matter.
I just can't stop myself.
Car looks and sounds great, God bless from Alberta, Canada.
I hope you sat on it six months and sold it for more than you were planning. Used car prices are still going up.
We have them here in Australia called the Holden Captiva and they are absolutely shit and they were made in the old daewoo factory. Awesome video though, your content is really good
I've heard the Same thing about my wife's Saturn Vue which I think is the same engine as this car but 370,000 miles later it's still running great.
@@outdoorsmansgarage I never heard that. My saturn sc-1 had an engine made here. My friend's Vue with a 6 cylinder is a Honda engine and it's still being driven daily.
Ford was just as bad. I worked for ford I’ll stick to my GM’s
Daewoo was probably better before they became GM. GM is absolute trash.
TOYOTA!!!!!
I went to try and braze up a cracked exhaust manifold on another GM product many years ago - a 2.9 liter Colorado I owned. What I thought was a bad manifold gasket was a cracked manifold, and when I unbolted the manifold it fell apart into a couple of big chunks. A new manifold was $600, a used manifold was cracked in the same place, so now there is a well-maintained 2010 Colorado with 200,000 miles and a stainless steel Pacesetter header. I sold it a couple of years ago but I still see it running around.
As usual it was a plessure to watch you work Wes🛠, from Holland with love 👍... you and your family stay healthy man👌
Thank you sir!
Nice of GM to put a spare rod in oil pan for you. Comes in handy.
Some assembly required.
You did pretty good with this. Myself I've never paid more than $300 for a used engine. I always laugh at how junkyard engines are all "low miles"
To be fair, they can pick and choose so there’s that
Hey Wes,
No matter what you repair or restore to running order, your videos are great and inspire others to wrench themselves. You could fix a Radial Flyer and I would still find it interesting to watch.
Just want to say thank you and God bless your family.
Thank you!
Thanks for keeping us entertained Wes.
No comment on top vs bottom pulling but I definitely agree with you on getting the alignment check. The alternative is "guess" and "hope" as to whether the alignment is ok and I personally prefer to work in facts instead of hope, both as a consumer and as the repairer.
Yes. We want to know.
Great video as always and great job on engine swap! Batteries on concrete floor is a myth!! Battery cases are no longer made of wood.
Of course.
But that info came from UA-cam so take it with a grain of salt. I’ve always thought concrete ruined batteries also
Thanks, Wes this was as informative as it was entertaining. We rented one of these for local driving in Arizona in 2013. I'd never heard of the model (later found out it only sold in USA as a fleet vehicle), and thought it looked "odd" inside. I wasn't impressed at all by it, but the worst thing about it was that we returned it having put on 40 miles and it used 4 gallons of gas! Yup, 10MPG in city driving.
I agree with you on your method of engine removal and install. Good ole GM engineering.
Without a doubt, your way is the correct way to take that engine out. Some cars you absolutely have to drop it, but for many cars and for your reasons out the top is the right way.
It came out great, man !
It'll be on the road for another 8 years at least.
I thought you will fix this for your lady.
Car looks perfect for a woman.
✌️
Thank you Wes for repairing instead of allowing to be disposed at the crusher. With this we see that we need to be more grateful and humbled with the farmer/rancher mentality. Hello here from Sfe New Mexico.
What a small world I’m also watching from Airport road in Santa Fe.
This was fun to watch with morning coffee. Thanks for the financial break down, it helps bring things into perspective. I always wonder how long those first generation CVTs will last, that has to be the wild card.
All CVTs are a gamble!
Definitely worth the time and the risk. Great job getting this little SUV going again for someone to use for an affordable cost.
I am so impressed by your attitude, your knowledge, your patience and your ability to share information. Wonderful family and workplace. I learn so much from you, South Main Eric O, and Andrew Carminata (sp). The best three channels on UA-cam for mechanicals. Add some guns and it would be perfect.
Wes, thank you for taking the time to upload your videos, really enjoyed this two part video. Good commentary, nice editing and a pleasure to watch. 👍👍👍👍👍
Im impressed with your skills as a mechanic. That was a huge undertaking but it was definitely worth it. Its a nice looking vehicle! It just needs a good detailing! Good Luck with it!!
It's really not a bad job.
A good game of engine Jenga after a minor disagreement between the connecting rod and the crank?
Nah, the crank just wanted some air and asked the rod to open another crank case breather... some communication issue i guess.
Who needs to change the oil just drop a new engine in every 7500 miles
Engine swap was pretty fast still i think👍Now it needs some cleaning, and for the trim to make it black again are some products.
That's the next step!
I was thinking a heat gun might work.
The laugh when you took the sump off made it all worth while. Brilliant
Good work Wes! I always love it when a piece of machinery can be saved.
I just found your channel after I came back in from the garage. I was working on my 56-year-old Corvair that has zero rust. LOL. That's about the only thing that makes me glad I live in California. Didn't break a single bolt all morning. :-)
Dude...that thing is "perfect'"
You should have no problem flipping that thing the same day 😂! Even during the 'rona!
We'll see. I hope so!
You and your lovely assistant need to make a battery storage stand. It would have 1 shelf at the bottom for oversized truck/industrial equipment batteries. Then middle shelf would have space for 2 normal car/truck/suv or whatever else you may work on. Top shelf would hold that battery maintainer/recharger. If you put it on heavy-duty casters you won't have to lug batteries everywhere. I would also have a few spots for jumper cables, zip ties, brush to clean posts and cables along with any other stuff you normally use to work on batteries.
That's a pretty good idea!
I laughed too when you took the sump pan off too 😂
We knew it was going to be bad, but not that bad!
I did also!
If I lived closer to ya, I would let you work on all my stuff !
Great video Wes, thanks for sharing
Wes, Good to see the family home and happy and healthy!
Very nice work. Surprised how nicely the engine went back in! Of course it was all technique (and a little luck). Your assistant needs an arm massage after holding that hood up for you!
You had me laughing pretty good on this video! Thanks and stay safe!
The inside of that old engine was so screwed! Very cool to see! You should see what an 8-year-old car looks like in Maine!
What's your opinion on what caused this failure? A lack of proper maintenance? I've heard that the 2.4 ecotec can be decent if taken care of.
Good Job ! Hi back to you #1 assistant, love how she pinky fingered the hood. Faded plastic is a sunny state problem, but they make a spray can for that.
I'll have to look into the spray. New to me.
Another good one Wes. Bit dissapointed at the lack of major spillages this time ;). You and your family stay safe now
Just wanted to thank you for your videos, you do a good job and manage to do it without swearing, are occasionally sarcastic yet informative and entertaining. God Bless and keep safe
"That's whats left of the piston" LOL. "There's your problem lady"
For what it's worth I agree with you about checking the alignment after dropping the cradle, nice job
I can honestly say, I've never seen brake lines that clean on an 8 year old car ever unless they were already changed.
Nice find
You must live in the rust belt then. My brake lines look brand new and they're 23 years old
@@samholdsworth420 I certainly do, either everything rusted to hell or covered in rustproof slime 🤦♂️
Another quality job by triple W.
You take care of that nice teacher. She looks very patient. Always put her first. You will never regret doing that. Thanks for the fun . :-)
She makes she that she comes first, don't worry!
Busted stuff rocks! Can you say “catastrophic damage”? Thanks Wes, loved seeing that!
Pretty catastrophic.
I really like your sense of humor. With each video I listen more closely each time you speak. Best to
you and the family.
I try. Many don't appreciate or understand my sense of humor.
Hey Wes, you do it your way. Makes sense to me and I would bet it is cheaper your way. Dealers will do it the "easy" way which generally costs a lot more. But its not their money is it? Keep up the good work, love learning from your videos.
My wife and I just bought a 2016 Chevy Traverse LTZ AWD for our son who will be attending TX A&M to be a Doctor Of Veterinary Medicine so I needed him to drive something he can haul and something dependable. The car was naughty from a dealership here in town I deal with all the time Kunes, you may have heard of them since we both are in Northern IL. It has 52k and the underneath was the same as your Craptiva! The car was a Enterprise rental it's entire life in Beverly Hill, CA . The only thing I had to do was change the brakes and rotors. The rotors has the rotor screw that I got out by hand.....no drilling or broken torx bit
That must have been going a fair rate when it let go. I’ve seen some destruction in my time but that topped itself good and proper.
I'm thinking she was making a little noise for long time before this happened...
Storing batteries on a concrete floor was a problem 100 years ago, but not nowadays, since modern batteries have a plastic housing. If you search the web you'll see that it's nothing to worry about.
Nice videos btw. Greetings from Sweden 🙂
They enginner things like that oil filter so the owners can't change their own oil and have to take it to a dealer for servicing.
I also hate it because you can't use upgraded filters I like mobil 1 filters or Wix and with those stupid things your always stuck with the dumb factory style
Doesn't it say "lifetime oil filter" on the window sticker?
@@lwilton Life is short, you know 8-)
And, if they don't take it to the dealer to change the oil , your connecting rod and crankshaft have an altercation, requiring you to buy another car. Pretty smart thinking on the engineering , NOT!
Not actually true, manufacturers have moved away from spin on filters and back to cartridge filters due to the amount of waste the spin on filters generate. They are very difficult to recycle, so all that steel with the oily internals has been going into landfill with obvious environmental impact. Cartridge filters can be incinerated without further processing to ensure no oil leaches into the ground.
Hey Wes, if the battery in question is fully charged, cold concrete floors won't hurt a thing. If you have a boat battery that you want to store for the winter, just charge it up and bag it in plastic and store it in the freezer for the winter, come spring , reinstall in boat and fire it up.
Special tool for oil changes? That sounds like a concession you make to your dealers so they get business after the sale.
I used to restore cars for a hobby when I was younger. I'm old now and cant do it any more but I enjoy watching eideos like this. Good job.
i believe my wifes chevy oil filter is just an 1 1/8" socket and i just use a wobbly with it
This is 32mm or 1-1/4. I have a special 3/8 drive socket for it, but I could not find it when I was making the video. Turned today while cleaning.
All that faded black trim on the lower sills. I've seen where you can take a propane torch to it and carefully heat it up and it'll bring that black back. Nice job is always West keep up the great work.
The underside of that car needs protection with tectyl or something to survive there.
Nice to see you got the Captiva back on the road. Too bad some of these are ok vehicles, but the labour to swap the engine make it too expensive for owners to fix. (At least at some shops labour) Amazing condition underneath! Nice vehicle for the new owners. Hope it sells fast! Stay well, you and the family!
the labor is not too bad, it the price of the engine that through people off here. Live in Kansas, which the vehicle would have more rust on it if you got it from here with the humidity and the salt from the air from when Kansas was an Ocean
Piston broke....Yeah, so am I lol
When vehicle is that clean it's a joy to work on, a rare thing here in the UK as well. Winter salt kills everything.
Dex-kill! I love it - almost missed that one.
Really like the teardown and carnage aspects of the video, a lot of times people will just do their compression checks and leakdown and maybe a boroscope to confirm and then they just grab another engine and go. Good to see the whole picture, knowing the entire story so when you hear that tapping and light knocking, you know it's time to stop driving the car before it becomes a 1000 piece puzzle in the oil pan that isn't going back together.
"Battery sat on the concrete floor". That myth will never die.
I hope he was joking.
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It’s a myth, agreed.. you know it came from someone that was trying to keep there floors pretty or something.
Dan'sMeTube I’m fairly sure that was his dry humor.. it’s amazing how many people still believe that
it's a fact. seen it with my own two multimeters.
@@lostintime8651 love to see that video
You know why I like watching you? Well number one, you’re a real person that can laugh at your mistakes, like.. turns out it’s really easy when you know what you’re doing!
I personally like going out the bottom, but since you knew you had to pull the motor, and not just work on it, really just a user decision. People are sure opinionated aren’t they.
Everyone has a way that works for them. Most V6s will have to go out the bottom, so it's worth knowing how to do it.
Don’t apologize to GM’s engineers, they don’t apologize to us!!!
Good point!
The only thing gm on that thing is the badges.
I agree, you're up there with Mustie1 for entertainment - thanks and please do more of the same.
I told Mustie that I had to run his videos at 1.75 speed because they were so boring. He banned me.
I watch mustie1 he's local to me
I totally agree with firing up an engine with as little together as possible. Rarely do I even put coolant in. Less to take apart if something is wrong.
I know this is an old vid,Wes comments about the oil filter reminded me of a Olds I once owned.1980,I think it was what they then called the X body.4 cylinder 180 cubic inch,you had to remove the right front tire,lift up a special flap in the fender well,reach through to remove the filter.Always spilled oil all over the engine,no matter how much you wiped you could smell hot oil for a couple days after an oil change.
The new GM thoughtful (not) engineering is why I stopped owning their products.
Last I had was 2002 Suburban, it ran well. This swap will help keep your skills alive, good luck in the future with that vehicle.
Great job Wes. If you've not seen those cartridge filters...you've not been working on VW/Audi vehicles...most all new ones have those, and use special oil too. I just use a big socket on them, filter located in relatively the same place. on my TDI, I always get nasty diesel oil on EVERYTHING! :|
Hello Wes, I enjoy your videos they are informative and entertaining. I live in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on Canada's east coast. I am a DYI and have a fairly well equipped home garage.I thought I lived in rust capital but after seeing some of the crap you work on your rust problem seems to just as bad. Our daily driver is a 2010 Ford Ranger Sport 4 x 4 which I Rust Check annually, $150.00 Cad. I have been using Rust Check for over 35 years and it works. We also have a 1980 Ford Fairmont and a 89 F150 with a 4.9, which we do not drive in the winter. The 89 is a work in progress, very little rust.
I also have my wife help me bleed brakes. I will pose comments and technical questions from time to time. Again I enjoy your content.
Brian
A few years ago when I was a maintenance supervisor I ask a tech at Yawasa ( if I spelled it right) and he said that leaving a battery sitting on concrete for an extended period of time does not affect them at all. When I was growing up working in my fathers garage, he always said not to sit a battery on concrete. So maybe the case on newer batteries is a different material. Not sure. Great video.
It's an old wives tale. I just like picking on the believers.
@@WatchWesWork LOL. That's funny. Must have an old husbands tale too. Awesome job with the engine swap. I sure don't miss those days. I used to love working on cars when I was young and there was enough room to crawl into the engine bay and disassemble everything. But now, you couldn't pay me enough. I would take a sledge hammer to it within 5 minutes.LOL
you are right that if you drop the subframe you need to align the car, most 4 cylinder cars are faster to just pull the engine out the top.
i look a some videos of the more nothern cars and i am amazed that i have a 52 year old truck that has rust issues but not as bad as some 10 year old vehicles im glad we do not have the salt issues here good luck on selling it
Yep. Salt and gravel roads kills cars.
Always interesting to hear your thought processes as you investigate and solve problems 👍 just the greatest channel 😊
It was really educational for you to tear down the old block and show the destruction.
Thanks, Wes; I certainly do enjoy watching you work! Great channel; can't wait for the next one!
You can always tell what are snow country cars. We are spoiled here in the Southwest, you can drive a car for decades without rust issues. By the way, nice job with the engine install. I don’t have those skills but I appreciate those who do
Must be nice. Rust sucks.