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Intake is ready to go on. All surfaces are cleaned up and of course I had to run it thru the parts washer and blast cabinet. Painted it with epoxy high heat in black. I guess, to be continued until 2mrw. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Other head surfaced and cleaned. Got it on and torqued down. Then the road block happened. I removed the lifter retainer plate and pulled lifters one at a time to inspect and put assembly lube on rollers. Started at the back and when I got to the second from the front it happened. Found the...

Now it’s time to clean the head. I use a whole can of brake cleaner and blow gun to get holes cleaned out. I run thread chasers thru holes and also spark plug holes as well. Wipe everything down really well and keep your dick beaters off the head gasket surface. Install the head and use...

Bottom of the head is ready for final cleaning. Let’s get the intake side done. Same ****, gonna use the sanding block and WD40. The entire side is a machined surface, same for exhaust side. Little trickier to keep contact but it’s doable. Do not want the block to tip off one side because it...

Before I go any further, I’m gonna check for warpage. I used a 15’’ piece and set it across the head. Using a .001’’ feeler gauge, I try to stick it under the tubing in several places. Across the head center and check between the cylinders, diagonal and check everywhere it contacts the...

Same thing with the head. Carefully remove the big chunks. I hate seeing people using a razor scraper on aluminum but I do it all the time. Just carefully. Do not gouge it. I would have sent heads in but I don’t have time. They were saying 2 weeks turnaround. I’ll just do my thing and check it...

Didn’t get it done last night. I had too many distractions from people stopping by and having to eat dinner. Back at it today. Should be done tho. After the deck was filled and valves lapped in I had to check the deck for warpage. But first I always like to get it as clean and flat as...

Has anyone ever seen the movie where this guy is the last man on earth and he keeps walking around looking for others? He searches everywhere until he gets to the point where he’s so lonely that he decides to jump off a building to end it. On the way down as he’s free falling past the 17th floor...

Heads got torn down to do valve seals and a lap job. Figured I might as well since it’s apart. I would never put the beads back on one of my vehicles without a valve job and seals at the very least. This is the old lady’s daily driver so I’m gonna do at least that. My vehicles get 3 angle valve...

Here’s the head gasket from bank 1. The gasket’s fire rings tell the story. The bottom two you can clearly see that they were sealed. The top which is cylinder 1 shows the fire ring shiny and clean where the compression was pushing into the cooling system. The gasket was even flimsy and weak...

After I did all my testing and was coming up short, I decided to just dive in and go after the head gasket. Air just doesn’t enter the cooling system on its own. Seems like it doesn’t start until it gets at or just above normal operating temp. So here it is, some pics to go with the story...

Yeah, thermostat got changed twice now. I’ll get back and get caught up to where I’m at now with pics later on today.

Let’s just get right into it. As the title says, I have an 07 Equinox that started giving me issues. It all started when I was out with the family, normally the wife totes the kiddos around with this vehicle, I see the temp gauge start climbing past normal operating temp and kept going. I...

I’m about to get into this in a new post. It might answer some questions if you still have this issue. Jim Edit: never mind. Just noticed the post is from May.

Hello all. I’m Jim and I have an ‘07 Equinox in my arsenal. I’ve owned it since ‘10 and it’s been a great vehicle up until recently. I joined the forum to share what I’ve had to do and also to get some advise from others. I’m gonna make a post when I find the right category after I’m done here...