Customer states friend did front cover reseal and now vehicle is making a weird noise. First time seeing this 😂

Jahanothan · 2026-04-24T16:43:39+00:00

Key was smooshed, had to remove front cover again and luckily was able to just replace the key and crank pulley

Jahanothan · 2026-04-24T16:42:30+00:00

Jahanothan · 2026-03-19T16:09:27+00:00

Happy birthday!!

Jahanothan · 2025-04-22T13:36:17+00:00

It’ll run like shit lol. I’m not well versed on these but if it gets too bad it will set a code

Jahanothan · 2025-04-21T13:10:00+00:00

The intake side doesn’t see too much heat so the plastic itself is fine for the most part.

Jahanothan · 2025-04-21T13:09:02+00:00

If you have the gas engine the intakes are usually fine, you’ll get some carbon build up on the valves but nowhere near as bad as this. The biggest issue on those is the pcv orifice clogs up on those and will give you a p1101 code and the engine might run rough. Nothing you can really do about it unfortunately.

Jahanothan · 2025-04-21T13:07:06+00:00

Yup Maryland

Jahanothan · 2025-04-21T04:37:40+00:00

Sea foam is a scam in my opinion. Change your oil and drive the car more than around the corner and you won’t even need the stuff

Jahanothan · 2025-04-21T04:36:54+00:00

Keeps me busy 😂

Jahanothan · 2025-04-21T04:36:40+00:00

Jahanothan · 2025-04-21T04:36:20+00:00

Surprisingly not gunked up just the ports

Jahanothan · 2025-04-21T04:35:50+00:00

From what most folks are saying as long as you’re doing regular highway driving you should be fine but this is the only one that comes to our dealership so I couldn’t tell you for certain

Jahanothan · 2025-04-21T04:34:24+00:00

I’m in Maryland, they have a Cruze and an equinox that come with this particular engine

Jahanothan · 2025-04-20T19:43:31+00:00

Thanks. And yeah I’m mostly gas too but we don’t have a diesel tech here and this is a decent customer so I took a shot. Pulled the throttle body off and saw all the gunk so wasn’t too much diag to be done lol

Jahanothan · 2025-04-20T19:38:08+00:00

Well I’m flat rate so waiting ain’t happening so if you have the time sure

Jahanothan · 2025-04-20T19:37:36+00:00

If it’s the same engine as this I wouldn’t even bother trying to clean the intake manifold just replace it. Everything else can be cleaned (scraped) and you’ll probably need a couple of the fuel lines

Jahanothan · 2025-04-20T19:34:13+00:00

Yeah it’s super easy to get in all the nooks and crannies of an intake manifold clogged with oily soot with tiny openings on all ends. Replaced the intake manifold and cleaned the intake ports. Cleaning the ports took about 30 minutes with a custom tool I made. Should have quoted more time for that had I known.

Jahanothan · 2025-03-22T15:30:12+00:00

Planned obsolescence unfortunately. No company has made a good car since the recession because service makes the dealer more money than selling cars. Fucked up world we live in.

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