What kind of repair makes good mechanics cry? The CAR WIZARD shows you on this 02 Chevy Avalanche
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- Опубліковано 6 гру 2021
- There are some repairs that are just horrible! This is just the case with this 2002 Chevy Avalanche. Let the CAR WIZARD 🧙♂️ show you exactly why it drives so many to tears.
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I fixed the one in my dodge ram myself and the amount of screws i had left over was impressive.
I just turned down a $1000.00 to replace heater core on a 1986 735 BMW just for labor, because I was worried about all the old plastic pieces snapping in half.
The Avalanche reminds me of a car I owned in the 90’s called an Eagle Premier. The core went bad and at least three radiator shops refused to even discuss the job. Finally found one who tackled it. It took four days and cost almost $900 after they found a new core. I figured that when they built the car the first item on the assembly line was a heater core hanging on a hook. The car was then built around it.
Might not be a bad idea to replace the actuators while you're in there. Done a lot of them recently on that generation silverados
I watched an MPG test of an 8.1 truck. It managed 13.5 on the highway. Only 2 or 3 less than my son's V6 Tacoma. I told him to buy one next time gas prices increase, owners tend to panic. He traded the Tacoma for a Civic SI because of his commute and no longer has a tow vehicle. Here in Florida, everyone needs something to tow a boat with.
As soon as the door opened I knew it was heater core. I've done this job. I call everything between the firewall and dash panel the land of sharp shit.
The 8.1 vortec makes me so jealous of that truck. I don't blame the owner for keeping it running, I would never let it go and I'm not a GM guy. not to mention that's the best generation of truck they ever made.
You know what they say about engineers and technicians, this makes it very apparent. Thanks for showing normal people that a job like this isn't easy and why you have to charge so much for the labor.
Watching this while I sit in my 02 Avalanche with 490k on it's original motor.
Guy had a 2006 explorer and wanted a quote to change the heater core. $400 for labor, and he said that's too much. I said good luck
That’s unbelievable, it’s like they crammed 10 pounds of shit in a 5 pound bag .Definitely makes sense replacing both the evaporator and the heater core, great video Wizard
Every repair is the answer. Got out of being a GM master mechanic in 1998 and never looked back. I work for a railroad and make three times the pay for 70% less work. 30/60 retirement too!
I wish I'd had a boss like the Car Wizard when I was in autobody repair. Every place I worked was "rush, rush, rush". That led to dozens of needless comebacks over the years. Man, that made me nuts! Although I've never worked as a mechanic full time I've built a few hot rods over the years. That got my phone ringing as a few auto businesses would call on me to do work the regular mechanics didn't want to do. What do many mechanics not want to do? Heater cores, or any job that requires pulling a dash. So, that's where most of my experience lies - heater cores. They suck to replace but I enjoy the challenge. Never had one as bad as the Avalanche though. I think the worst ones took maybe six hours. Thank God I never had to do one in a Range Rover! The easiest by far was in a 1979 Bronco. Just give it a hard look and it practically falls out by itself.
And this is why, you want to change your antifreeze at regular intervals. It may not prevent it from breaking, but it might have hapened 50-100 000 miles later.
I have always loved the Avalanche. Why does GM always kill their cool and unique vehicles and give us crap like the crossover Blazer.
In the good old days those cores were just in the engine bay. But manufacturers of-course had to make it as hard as possible
Man I get this. I did my 92 Wrangler and I had to pull the entire dash. I was living with my parents at the time and when they came out to see what I was doing they freaked out. I put it back together and it worked great afterwards. I was in my early 20s at the time and it was the biggest job I had done at least until I pulled the entire body and did frame repair.
The state of that K&N filter!! Amazed the engine can get any air in!
Car Wizard, totally enjoy your videos including your recent VINwiki appearance. Amazing the amount of parts you had to remove to get to and repair the heater core / HVAC box.
"After the vehicle is out of warranty, it's not their problem anymore"