Thank you so much for the kind words, please take a moment to subscribe if you haven't already, so you don't miss the rest of the series! The car has been running for about 10 days now, I just need to finish editing! I am editing the next part of this as I type to you actually! I will post part 6 tomorrow and part 7 (final vid) this week!
Loved it. I did my Aerio 2.3 three years ago. None of those stupid e torx. All aluminum intake, valve cover. Chain instead of belt. This Forenza motor must be a GM partnership.
Hi Kevin thanks for the comment and please take a moment to subscribe if you haven't already! I did an intro to this with a better explanation but it is actually GM owned at this point haha good call! Watch that video here: ua-cam.com/video/RborSec-sZ4/v-deo.html Luckily I got 90% of the tools in 2018 when I did one of these exact Forenza's down to the same color but a 2008 haha. The E-Torx is actually super cheap at harbor freight and comes in a set! The hard one to find is the TX55 I think it was? It's the bolt for the cam gear and I actually broke my only one putting this together lol. All the local auto parts and "Tool/DIY" type stores were all sold out!
Hi Richard thanks for supporting the channel I really appreciate it! I feel your pain on the full tanks LMAO, you know how it goes as a home mechanic though, I swear if something ever went super easy I would have to be dreaming hahaha.
Thanks for the kind words! Please take a moment to subscribe if you haven't already! I have a new project car you can check out here, the new one is way cooler haha: ua-cam.com/video/M8nwlvqr8Hc/v-deo.html
1:13 im doing this job on a 2008 Suzuki reno, underneath the intake manifold there is a ground wire as well. Had to go under car to see what was catching.
Thanks for the comment Chris and please take a moment to subscribe if you haven't already! That ground wire is a pain to get off but you can install from the top (youll see later in the series). My first forenza was a 2008 actually haha! I know yours being newer will have a slightly different throttle body setup as the 2004/2005 have drive by wire, yours will be electric. Also you should check your headgasket kit for the EGR Valve. They weren't included and cost extra 5yrs ago when I did my 2008.
Great work! I have a 2007 Reno basically a Forenza I believe. I need to change the valve gasket because my spark plugs have oil on them and I got a check engine light for misfires and a catalitic bank 1 code. I saw some of the undercar in your video but I thought I'd ask you. Do you know home many catalitic converters and o2 sensors this car has?
Hi Ariel, please take a moment to subscribe thanks for the support! I would suspect you have a similar issue that my forenza had and you are slowly pressuring the coolant and intake. So oil is pooling in the intake which makes your plugs super oily and it is slowly destroying the CAT.
@@D2WrenchWorksDIY I will find it and watch it. This car is giving me more issues. I had a radiator placed a year ago. Yesterday I saw water or coolant coming out from the bottom left and right side close to the radiator. The water lands on the plastic guard left and right that is underneath the car like a protector. Do you know what could be the issue or have a video on that also?
I couldn't tell you without getting underneath the car but cars with a bad headgasket always pop the radiator hoses. I would get it in the air and see if the radiator hose you are describing seems blownout or soft. I would also make sure when you do the headgasket the car uses the specific coolant I have in the description that is meant for this car, as people always chuck in cheap crap that literally eats the engine and it happened to mine in this series. You did replace your radiator recently so it could have the bad stuff in it right now, like mine did. Mine actually ate through the heater core AND the head lol, I had to pull the dash after this series and replace the heater core it was not fun in the 90 degree weather.
I have the 2007 Reno. I got a code for bank 1 catalytic. There is one sensor and one catalytic right in front of the engine but there is also one sensor and another catalytic under the car. Am I correct and which one is bank 1 of the two?
There are two sensors one under the hood right in the exhaust manifold and one under the car near the drivers door. You need to fix your headgasket issue though because it'll just destroy a new sensor as well.
The ECU reads between both sensors and measures your CAT'S efficiency. It has precious metals inside that are extremely susceptible to damage from engine oil and coolant. So unfortunately when you have a failing headgasket you will also have a o2 code as well. I replaced both my sensors after completing this job with OEM from rockauto. The more you drive it the more damage is done to your cat too.
No the misfire is because the headgasket leak is pushing oil everywhere including the spark plugs and catalytic converter. If it isn't driven far with this issue, meaning the head gasket is repaired quickly you might get lucky and the Catalytic converter isn't hurt. Unfortunately a new Catalytic converter off Ebay will also throw the same po420 code too, so you would need to spend time and search down an OEM Catalytic converter. Maybe you could find one in Europe as a Chevy Lacetti used/low mile Catalytic converter or from a LKQ junkyard here. It would have to be super low miles though like 70k tops as these engines all seem to blow head gaskets around 90k-100k miles.
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Thank you so much for the kind words, please take a moment to subscribe if you haven't already, so you don't miss the rest of the series! The car has been running for about 10 days now, I just need to finish editing! I am editing the next part of this as I type to you actually! I will post part 6 tomorrow and part 7 (final vid) this week!
Loved it. I did my Aerio 2.3 three years ago. None of those stupid e torx. All aluminum intake, valve cover. Chain instead of belt. This Forenza motor must be a GM partnership.
Hi Kevin thanks for the comment and please take a moment to subscribe if you haven't already! I did an intro to this with a better explanation but it is actually GM owned at this point haha good call! Watch that video here: ua-cam.com/video/RborSec-sZ4/v-deo.html Luckily I got 90% of the tools in 2018 when I did one of these exact Forenza's down to the same color but a 2008 haha. The E-Torx is actually super cheap at harbor freight and comes in a set! The hard one to find is the TX55 I think it was? It's the bolt for the cam gear and I actually broke my only one putting this together lol. All the local auto parts and "Tool/DIY" type stores were all sold out!
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Hi Richard thanks for supporting the channel I really appreciate it! I feel your pain on the full tanks LMAO, you know how it goes as a home mechanic though, I swear if something ever went super easy I would have to be dreaming hahaha.
@@D2WrenchWorksDIY Mid-Dream and still expecting something to snap or lose it's ground to a grain of sand. Keep up the good work!
hahaha our 4runner is the rusty frame special so the broken bolts bring back bad memories from last year lmao!
It's very interesting and compressive I really want to be part of this
Thanks for the kind words! Please take a moment to subscribe if you haven't already! I have a new project car you can check out here, the new one is way cooler haha: ua-cam.com/video/M8nwlvqr8Hc/v-deo.html
1:13 im doing this job on a 2008 Suzuki reno, underneath the intake manifold there is a ground wire as well. Had to go under car to see what was catching.
Thanks for the comment Chris and please take a moment to subscribe if you haven't already! That ground wire is a pain to get off but you can install from the top (youll see later in the series). My first forenza was a 2008 actually haha! I know yours being newer will have a slightly different throttle body setup as the 2004/2005 have drive by wire, yours will be electric. Also you should check your headgasket kit for the EGR Valve. They weren't included and cost extra 5yrs ago when I did my 2008.
Thanks!
Hi Chris! Many thanks for supporting the channel, I really appreciate it and hope your headgasket repair went smoothly!
Great work! I have a 2007 Reno basically a Forenza I believe. I need to change the valve gasket because my spark plugs have oil on them and I got a check engine light for misfires and a catalitic bank 1 code. I saw some of the undercar in your video but I thought I'd ask you. Do you know home many catalitic converters and o2 sensors this car has?
Hi Ariel, please take a moment to subscribe thanks for the support! I would suspect you have a similar issue that my forenza had and you are slowly pressuring the coolant and intake. So oil is pooling in the intake which makes your plugs super oily and it is slowly destroying the CAT.
@@D2WrenchWorksDIY Thank you. I do have some coolant going into the combustion. Is this from the valve gasket causing coolant to get inside?
No this is a bad headgasket and you can follow this video series showing you how to fix it.
@@D2WrenchWorksDIY I will find it and watch it. This car is giving me more issues.
I had a radiator placed a year ago. Yesterday I saw water or coolant coming out from the bottom left and right side close to the radiator. The water lands on the plastic guard left and right that is underneath the car like a protector. Do you know what could be the issue or have a video on that also?
I couldn't tell you without getting underneath the car but cars with a bad headgasket always pop the radiator hoses. I would get it in the air and see if the radiator hose you are describing seems blownout or soft. I would also make sure when you do the headgasket the car uses the specific coolant I have in the description that is meant for this car, as people always chuck in cheap crap that literally eats the engine and it happened to mine in this series. You did replace your radiator recently so it could have the bad stuff in it right now, like mine did. Mine actually ate through the heater core AND the head lol, I had to pull the dash after this series and replace the heater core it was not fun in the 90 degree weather.
I have the 2007 Reno. I got a code for bank 1 catalytic. There is one sensor and one catalytic right in front of the engine but there is also one sensor and another catalytic under the car. Am I correct and which one is bank 1 of the two?
There are two sensors one under the hood right in the exhaust manifold and one under the car near the drivers door. You need to fix your headgasket issue though because it'll just destroy a new sensor as well.
@@D2WrenchWorksDIY So code catalytic bank 1 is a sensor issue or the actual converter?
The ECU reads between both sensors and measures your CAT'S efficiency. It has precious metals inside that are extremely susceptible to damage from engine oil and coolant. So unfortunately when you have a failing headgasket you will also have a o2 code as well. I replaced both my sensors after completing this job with OEM from rockauto. The more you drive it the more damage is done to your cat too.
@@D2WrenchWorksDIY Basically the miss fires is from the catalytic and that is why the code reader goes from miss fires to catalytic and vise versa?
No the misfire is because the headgasket leak is pushing oil everywhere including the spark plugs and catalytic converter. If it isn't driven far with this issue, meaning the head gasket is repaired quickly you might get lucky and the Catalytic converter isn't hurt. Unfortunately a new Catalytic converter off Ebay will also throw the same po420 code too, so you would need to spend time and search down an OEM Catalytic converter. Maybe you could find one in Europe as a Chevy Lacetti used/low mile Catalytic converter or from a LKQ junkyard here. It would have to be super low miles though like 70k tops as these engines all seem to blow head gaskets around 90k-100k miles.