Recent content by mirageman

Thanks so much, man... It's frustrating sometimes when people don't chime in, like you're talking in an empty room, but you help others who come here looking for insight on issues.

If you set the timing marks right with the crank and two cams and then turn over the engine, the marks will NOT line up again for like 40 revolutions. That's important to know. Older engines had marks on the engine BLOCK that you could line up your sprokets with every two revolutions, but this...

Perhaps a valve cover removal is in order to verify the sludge hypothesis. I recently did a timing chain on my 2012 and saw a dirty, varnished engine, carbon on sides of oil pump, on the valve cover, on the reluctors of the cams, but no sludge anywhere where it pools though. This was a verified...

By what it looks like here in this forum, these chains wear out faster than timing belts, 😂!

You mean just a bit taller or like ludicrously taller? It's good to get a feel for how off (if) your speedo is right now before the change because you might not need to recalibrate. I have at least a couple of cars over the years that had faster speedos and odos. Camry and Outlander were off by...

There's lots of threads here that discuss lots of different reasons. Unfortunately, it looks like timing chain, cam phaser, and maybe tensioner. Lots of reading for you.

Your cam phaser, one or both, is unlocked. They're supposed to be locked when idling or off. There are a few threads here that go into this, look at them all for timing chain help. It is indeed failed cam phaser(s). You turn the crank and the chain turns, but not locked with the camshaft. You...

I also have a very similar situation. It's pointless to check my oil at a gas station fill-up because it will read way low. Sometimes it seems to take minutes, sometimes it takes hours to get the right reading. I don't get it. I would see a dry dipstick, and hours later it would be 3/4 to the...

I just did this today. I realize your question is 10 years old, but your old question is someone's new one. I have a 2012 with a 2.4 that had a rusted and holey single muffler that sounded awful. I ordered the 6 cylinder dual exhaust muffler with great looking tips from Rockauto (Walker 50081)...

Yes, cam and crank timing codes, which point to anything from bad sensors to slipped reluctors to solenoids and chains. I got a cloyes set from rockauto, but it will be going back because the new main curved chain guide is very loose on its backbone, really wiggling. That part is disgusting...

What is inside the transfer case/center differential? It's real tough to get some specific answers online, so I must ask here. 2012 equinox 2.4 awd. I saw videos on people deleting the rear driveshaft, making it front wheel drive. They drive it, and say it works fine. That's not good enough for...

Hey Vern!....thanks!

2012 equinoxious 2.4. I have another thread on timing chain replacement and was worried that perhaps low oil pressure is to blame for the failure of the chain tensioner. I got an oil pressure tester from Harbor Freight today for $30 but out of the 8+ attachments that came with it, none of them...

Long story short: Found 1) practically non-functioning timing chain tensioner. 2)Timing chain advanced on crank 3 sprocket teeth and 3) Both cam phasers stuck unlocked and slack in oil pump Short story long: Sister's 2012 equinox 2.4 with 145k miles with severe (and I mean seveeere) engine...