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    power ports activation

    for teh 2019 equinox power port can the cigerate lighter port or the usb power port be changed form the touch screen to be on when the key is off? i want to carge the phone when the key is off and all the ports turn off when the key is off and or out of the car. thanks
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    p0420 fix

    ok i have the 2013 equinox nd i get the p0420 code all day long. i know why because the engine burned so much oil i had to have a refinery in the backyard to keep up. anyway because we do not live in a test state i drilled out the cat so the engine could breath after i rebuilt the engine. so...
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    2013 code questions

    ok guys i have the 2013 equinox 2.4 ecotec auto awd and i had to rebuild itlast fall. new timing chain guide phasers tensioner and the same for the water pump. but the water pump is not the issue. and for timing it is hard to mess that up being i had the color marks to go by. i put the crank at...
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    2013 2.4 codes codes codes

    i have the 2013 2.4 i did an overhaul and also did the chains. i did not do the vvt solenoids at that time. all was doing rather good but for an oil leak at the dipstick and rear of the engine at the trans. i thought it might have been a failed rear seal that i replaced. so i took the pan off...
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    2013 equinox oil leaks

    i have the 2013 equinox and i have a few issues. 1 is the oil pan leaking at the back next to the trans. it leaked before i had it apart for an overhaul and then i put it back on with red rtv but that failed. so i took it off and used permatex 29132 and it is still leaking at the trans area. the...
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    2013 2.4 oil burning engine

    ok guys i tore my engine down put in new rings and rod bearings and crank seals. plus i did that pvc update they have a youtube on. that puls lots of vacuum i have to admit. but i still have about a quart a week of oil use. but it might just be the rings need to seat some. plus as luck would...
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    how to fill the radiator

    i had to pull the head on the 2.4 ecotec engine. well, i drained the radiator and now when i try to refill it using the tank up by the battery it runs out the bottom of that tank. i took a mirror and checked the bottom of the tank and it looks like there is a factory hole that goes up into the...
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    2013 2.4 LEA engine questions

    i have my 2.4 torn down in the shop. i need to know if anyone has done a repair the equal the newer ecotec engines that i hear did not use the oil that the 2013 engines used. if so what was it so i might do the same fix? i have to get rings and rod bearings. i'm not splitting the block for...
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    bolt reuse?

    can anyone tell me if i can reuse the rod bolts and the mains bolts? in my engine rebuilds all i ever came across was head bolts, and now i find the phaser bolts are tty. in rock auto they do not have rod bolts and any other bolts that are reused bolts. so what i have going on is timing chain...
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    2013 2.4 oil use question

    ok can some here tell me what is the reason for oil use on the 2013 2.4? it has 180k on it now is it rings seals or valve seals? i have the engine down for timing chain repairs and had to redrill out the exhaust manifold bolt at the water pump. but my girl is complaining of oil use. so if it is...
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    help with removing the cat

    i have a 2013 aed 2.4 equinox in my garage that belongs to the kid. well it managed to blow out the timing chain and i found the water pump weeping. so i have the chain out and the pump out and when i removed the exhaust manifold i found a broken stud located to the water pump side at the...
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