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<blockquote data-quote="Chevy Ecotec" data-source="post: 30773" data-attributes="member: 12158">I learned a lot from doing this swap, so hopefully the information I provide will be helpful to someone looking to do the same, for whatever reason. So why did I do this? The short answer is that the 2010+ 2.4 Ecotec used in the Equinox and other GM vehicles sucks. Everything about it sucks from the rings to the lack of power. The second-generation Equinox should have come from the factory with the LHU, exactly as GM did with the Buick Regal. The main reason why people are killing the 2.4 is that they run it low on oil. There is no low oil level sensor on the 2.4 at all. Pressure sensor only. How stupid is that? GM put one on the LHU. It is one of the sensors that can be added during this swap. The LEA 2.4 and LHU 2.0 are very similar engines by design. Because of this, putting the LHU in place of the 2.4 isn't as difficult as it may seem; 80% of the swap bolts right up. You can use the 6T45 transmission that came with your Equinox. I used the stronger 6T50 that came with the 2013 Buick Regal Premium Turbo (NON-GS). It all bolts right up. [ATTACH=full]3466[/ATTACH]More to come soon:</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Chevy Ecotec, post: 30773, member: 12158"] I learned a lot from doing this swap, so hopefully the information I provide will be helpful to someone looking to do the same, for whatever reason. So why did I do this? The short answer is that the 2010+ 2.4 Ecotec used in the Equinox and other GM vehicles sucks. Everything about it sucks from the rings to the lack of power. The second-generation Equinox should have come from the factory with the LHU, exactly as GM did with the Buick Regal. The main reason why people are killing the 2.4 is that they run it low on oil. There is no low oil level sensor on the 2.4 at all. Pressure sensor only. How stupid is that? GM put one on the LHU. It is one of the sensors that can be added during this swap. The LEA 2.4 and LHU 2.0 are very similar engines by design. Because of this, putting the LHU in place of the 2.4 isn't as difficult as it may seem; 80% of the swap bolts right up. You can use the 6T45 transmission that came with your Equinox. I used the stronger 6T50 that came with the 2013 Buick Regal Premium Turbo (NON-GS). It all bolts right up. [ATTACH type="full"]3466[/ATTACH] More to come soon: [/QUOTE]

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