Thanks bro. Just pulled my plugs to check em out due to heavy oil consumption and they were lightly covered. Will follow your video, good to know about the rtv locations!
I have one of these cars with about 200k on it , I replaced valve cover gasket, Radiator, Starter and Crankshaft position sensor since I bought it in 2016 If you ever have this engine just shut off for no reason and then hard to start after it shuts off put a 20 dollar crankshaft position sensor on it easy fix. i drive this car 60 miles round trip per day (300 miles per week) and it has never layed down on me and will get 30 mpg with the AC off . I bought originally to flat tow behind my motorhome. It has the perfect auto transmission for flat to and will not damage the tranny in neutral.
Put a rag in there and let the rack soak up most of the oil. And then be sure to crank the engine with the spark plugs out in order to get the rest of the oil pushed out
0:08 My buddy, just call the engine by the code, an L4. That is what that engine is. Parts stores in my area don't go by all that junk, they go by codes.
i'm a little worried i hear timing chain slap. my 2000 sw2 DOHC is new to me. if i popped the valve cover off, would it be pretty easy to tell if the chain is loose and the sprockets are worn down?
Yes if you pop the valve cover off you can feel the chain and tell right away whether the chain is loose or not. Unlikely the sprockets are worn, most likely your chain has stretched, but it’s worth replacing everything that comes in the timing chain kit
@@bluesxt yep just checked it and there’s oil in my spark plug cylinder so that’s exactly what it is, thank you for making this video helped me so much!
@@SlowBuick98 oil on top of the spark plug, where the plugs go, is a valve cover gasket leak! If you have oil in the cylinder when you remove the spark plugs, then you’re probably looking at valve seals in the head
Thanks bro. Just pulled my plugs to check em out due to heavy oil consumption and they were lightly covered. Will follow your video, good to know about the rtv locations!
Thanks so much for posting and sharing this. I really appreciate it. This helped out a lot I’ll be doing this job on a friends car of mine tomorrow.🥳🎉
I've never seen anymore have a reference for torque sequence. That's an excellent idea!
Thanks big help
I have one of these cars with about 200k on it , I replaced valve cover gasket, Radiator, Starter and Crankshaft position sensor since I bought it in 2016 If you ever have this engine just shut off for no reason and then hard to start after it shuts off put a 20 dollar crankshaft position sensor on it easy fix. i drive this car 60 miles round trip per day (300 miles per week) and it has never layed down on me and will get 30 mpg with the AC off . I bought originally to flat tow behind my motorhome. It has the perfect auto transmission for flat to and will not damage the tranny in neutral.
Thank you so much for this informational video bro. Now I just gotta buy the valve gasket and I’ll be good
How do you get oil out of number one
Put a rag in there and let the rack soak up most of the oil. And then be sure to crank the engine with the spark plugs out in order to get the rest of the oil pushed out
The site is down :( should I just do a zig zag sequence?
Where did you buy the cover gasket
@@mihkachase15 local parts store. Think I went to Autozone for this one
0:08 My buddy, just call the engine by the code, an L4. That is what that engine is. Parts stores in my area don't go by all that junk, they go by codes.
i'm a little worried i hear timing chain slap. my 2000 sw2 DOHC is new to me. if i popped the valve cover off, would it be pretty easy to tell if the chain is loose and the sprockets are worn down?
Yes if you pop the valve cover off you can feel the chain and tell right away whether the chain is loose or not. Unlikely the sprockets are worn, most likely your chain has stretched, but it’s worth replacing everything that comes in the timing chain kit
I just gotta 98 Saturn sl2 and it burns oil but only when I punch it
Sounds like you might need some valve seals :)
@@bluesxt yep just checked it and there’s oil in my spark plug cylinder so that’s exactly what it is, thank you for making this video helped me so much!
@@SlowBuick98 oil on top of the spark plug, where the plugs go, is a valve cover gasket leak! If you have oil in the cylinder when you remove the spark plugs, then you’re probably looking at valve seals in the head
@@bluesxt it’s not a whole lot but there’s a little bit