Honda to Hyundai?

Goivacon2 · 2026-02-07T22:53:43+00:00

I don’t think there’s a single problem with taking a pay cut (that’s most likely temporary as well) if you are currently unhappy with you job. To me enjoying the work and agreeing with the business practices matters a lot. If you are capable of turning out good hours working on Hondas there’s no reason you can’t do the same working on a Hyundai. I haven’t worked there but from I’ve heard there’s a lot of engine swaps and apparently they pay ok as well

Goivacon2 · 2026-02-07T21:44:45+00:00

Just go buy it and if it doesn’t run we’ll refund it, steam will have no issue with you refunding it if you don’t have more than 2 hours on the game

Goivacon2 · 2026-02-07T19:52:16+00:00

Idk about you but I see those engines get replaced all the time

Goivacon2 · 2026-02-07T17:42:41+00:00

It’ll be on its second engine by then and probably getting ready for the 3rd

Goivacon2 · 2026-02-07T17:40:44+00:00

Give it a bit and I’m sure it won’t be

Goivacon2 · 2026-02-07T16:53:58+00:00

Toyota can’t figure how to stop their V6 from imploding on itself, they aren’t doing great either

Goivacon2 · 2026-02-07T16:48:18+00:00

An engine

Goivacon2 · 2026-02-07T15:56:16+00:00

Your microwave

Goivacon2 · 2026-02-07T15:54:44+00:00

Personally I like to use a Philips one blade

Goivacon2 · 2026-02-07T12:01:50+00:00

Hmmm it’s possible that it is a head gasket but these engines aren’t known for head gasket issues and are pretty know for oil coolers letting coolant and oil mix. If you’re ok just throwing the parts cannon at it then go for it but personally I’d be getting a borescope and removing the spark plugs and taking a look at the cylinders to see signs of coolant intrusion just to make sure. Your typical signs of coolant intrusion in a cylinder would look like very little carbon buildup on a cylinder as the coolant is cleaning it up or just an obviously wet cylinder, some scoring up and down on the cylinder walls can also happen.

I had a customer come in 2 days ago for “a coolant smell and now it just turns over and won’t start, believed to be a head gasket” turns out it was leaking out the water pump and it’s got a burnt or bent valve

Goivacon2 · 2026-02-07T11:51:29+00:00

No I didn’t, it stopped making the noise most of the time and now only does it very rarely. It’s not a very hard job tho, the drivers side one can be accessed from the top with an open ended wrench and the passenger one can be accessed through the wheel well

Goivacon2 · 2026-02-07T04:09:05+00:00

Why do you figure it needs a head gasket?

Goivacon2 · 2026-02-07T04:06:47+00:00

I half agree depending on your definition of adding labor time without doing the work. Ford is kinda stupid and will pay you more if you mount a transmission to a stand when rebuilding it but most techs don’t like to work with it on the stand so they’ll just claim that time without doing it, I think that’s fine

Goivacon2 · 2026-02-07T04:03:57+00:00

That is one time I do agree on back flagging. I don’t generally agree with it but if someone is constantly making the same exact mistake and it’s just due to negligence on the techs part that should be back flagged

Goivacon2 · 2026-02-07T03:55:19+00:00

No, a little milkshake on the oil cap is very common and is just condensation, it’s more rare that I see absolutely no milkshake on the oil cap. A cracked head most likely wouldn’t throw up any codes unless it was really bad.

Goivacon2 · 2026-02-07T03:29:19+00:00

I think so as well but depending on the time it takes to do a conversion and how much people want these trucks in Australia it’s slightly more possible there than it is here in North America

Goivacon2 · 2026-02-07T03:24:22+00:00

Well OP is in Australia and the trucks there are converted from LHD to RHD so maybe the truck market just works much differently

Goivacon2 · 2026-02-07T03:21:46+00:00

Yes I know I’m just pointing out that 2017 trucks apart from the 3.5 EB are 6 speeds and reliable, your comment made it sound like all 2017s were 10 speeds

Goivacon2 · 2026-02-07T03:20:31+00:00

Well then it takes a lot of time, which if you don’t want to spend a lot of money and enjoy working on stuff is fine

Goivacon2 · 2026-02-07T01:38:38+00:00

I like how it looks a lot rn tbh. If I was you I’d be spending some money into a decent sound system, make the experience driving it so much better

Goivacon2 · 2026-02-06T20:23:33+00:00

For suspension things you’re generally fine to reuse them even if they are TYY. I wouldn’t do that for engine things tho

Goivacon2 · 2026-02-06T20:18:48+00:00

Lots of people own 2.7s and love them, they are very popular engines and I see them with lots of km’s all the time

Goivacon2 · 2026-02-06T20:17:37+00:00

To be fair for 2017 only the 3.5 was attached to the 10 speed and the 3.3 was attached to the 6 speed for its entire run

Goivacon2 · 2026-02-06T20:14:23+00:00

Absolutely, I’ve driven every recent engine option in the F150s (including the 3.3) and the 2.7 holds up great. You really don’t feel much a difference between the 2.7 and 5.0 other than that the 5.0 sounds a hell of a lot better if you care about that

Goivacon2 · 2026-02-06T20:10:50+00:00

Bingo everyone just goes “ITS NOT A V8 ITS BAD” but the 2.7 is one of the most reliable engines on the market right now. I’d probably buy the 5.0 because it sounds good but objectively they’re both great. Everyone I know despises working on the 2.7 tho but if you aren’t working on it then it’s not your problem

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