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You should never activate the tensioner until its torqued to spec , you press on the guide and it activates , as your chain stretches overtime it extends

I've watched your series over and over, this was my holy Bible when doing the valves and timing on my terrain. Thanks for the great video. 😊

Great help😊😊😊

Nicely done! You explain things very well.

Awesome video! Super helpful and hope to see more!

Looks like you can use those as prototype, make a jig and reproduce them!

Does thos product work well? Worth it ? I have a 4l60e pullin a trialer in this summer heat. Temps hit 200 even plis and trans poops

Awesome video, bro. How did you come to the decision of not honing the cylinders for the new rings? I apologize if you mentioned that during the install. I'm asking because I'm wondering how far to go on a 2011 chevy malibu 2.4 that my mother in law gave me. Has 190k miles, and I'm replacing the timing and everything involved with that, and I'm wondering if I should remove the head and possibly rering the pistons. I have done a ton of research, and everyone does differently. I like your content, so I wanted your opinion if you would share it with me. I know the cars history and lack of maintenance. I would like the car to last as long as I can make it last. The reason I want to remove the head is that she kept having to have coolant added with no visible coolant leaks and areas around the engine with dried coolant to indicate a leak. I would appreciate your take on how far you would go and about honing before you put new rings. Thanks bro I appreciate any advice, and your content is awesome. Thank you!!

Nice video i’m getting ready to do my 2.4 L engine and I have a question I see in the video you didn’t hone the cylinder. We do you flex hone the cylinder?

It doesn’t require a relay?

Question. The camshafts have about 1/8" play from front to back (relative to the motor) before tightening them down. I centered them up so the wear line on the front of the shaft matched the outside of the head, and the machined parts lined up with the bearings they sit in. Still, it's a little concerning that I have 1/8" of leeway to choose where it sits exactly before I tighten it down. The tapered flanges on the front of the camshaft were maybe 1/16" away from the inside of the head like that. Do you know exactly how that's supposed to be positioned?

just finished up a 2.4 rebuild doing valves and chain for my first time ever thank you for the detailed videos i watched them several times. helped me out a ton!

is that a Th400 crossmemeber?

Where are you located so that you can do that to mine

You don't mention it in the video, but the valve retainers are tapered, and the thicker part should be towards the top.

Really clean, like it!

Did you have to bleed or burp the system?

bro never ever us a metal object to attempt to hold any sprockets n it looked like u used the old sprocket since ya chipped a tooth on the new one n then it could be seen u using the the same tool again on other sprockets! geez man a wooden dowel or like my dad uses nylon tool he ground to shape to wedge against the sprockets so theres no damage n did u torqe the bolts to 59inch lbs?

Any oil consumption issues since fixing this? I'm looking at doing this repair myself.

Link to the fittings on the transmission

This is an amazing video. I am facing the same job, and this is going to be invaluable. Thanks

Still pondering a junk yard fi tank from something? My pans gone. I even thought of any tank/in the trunk with a fire wall behind the rear seat. Really rusted 67 malibu. Ha!

Cheap of them not including the co u pling

Also can I do this with flux or stick? That’s what I have.

I wanted to patch my manifold but now that it’s off I can’t find the pinhole cracks even with air pressure and soap 😅

Do you have the link to what relay setup you used for the temp sensor is it just a 4 pin relay?

Does putting new rings in stop the oil burning issue with these engines?

Clean install! Are you running a relay? Is there an on/off switch for manual on? Thanks

I like the way you did this.

No need to hone cylinders? Just curious. I've always heard cylinders need to be hone if installing new rings.

I really liked my 08 Malibu 2.4. Good power and pretty reliable. Never had chain issues. My in laws own it and it’s at 200k with zero major repairs. Thinking of buying it back for my son. Mostly freeway miles, but good engines in my opinion. People just don’t keep up with oil changes. I’d always perform the change at 30%.

I used a Dodge Durango chassis under my 1954 international metro

I have the same problem, jumped time and all the valves are bent. pistons look ok, small groove but nothing bad. Im a little worried the pistons were messed up by smacking all of the valves, should i worry or just replace the valves and send it. otherwise is there any test i should run to see if the pistons are good?

Did check engine kight go off by itself or u had to reset it ?

Dude you need some power tools

have 2.4 ecotec on 2013 terrain. bent valves from timing chain. is it better to buy a rebuit engine or pay someone to fix this?

Thanks for vids. Big help as im currently doing all of this. 2011 equinox 2.4 Laf. Question. Is there an up and down to the valve springs? Not alot info for that. I measured both ends spring gap and one end is 2 hundredths less so put tighter end down on head seat. Is that correct? Question. On cam vvt oil seals. Info i found said important to put the seals splits opposite each other 12 and 6. Then service manual says put both splits at 12. Are they supposed to be 12 on intake and 6 on exhaust? Or 12 on both or doesnt it matter? Thanks in advance for any info. Also noticed you wearing CMU shirt in vid. Im in mid michigan. Can you come do this for me? Lol.

Any progress on how this is running? New valves running good with a used head?

Dorman has a "timing chain guide bolt replacement" 917-954. They have a "case study" and video. Not sure if the Dorman bolt is preventative maintenance. Is the the failure is from OEM tensioner, oil sprayer, cheap plastic guides, bolt, etc. I read that the tensioner and oil sprayer were upgraded in replacement kits. Regardless, might not be a bad idea to check the bolt is tight (I suppose that is easiest taking off the round cover). If one installs the Dorman bolt, I'm not 100% sure if the tensionoer should be loosened and redelployed (which require removing the valve cover).

What gas did you use?

Never install the standard GM RH secondary (black) chain guide as they often break at the top fixing hole. Use a modified stronger one which are available in the US, together with stronger 10.9 bolts (or ARP bolts) which can be purchased as a kit. Make sure the oil filter is primed before start-up after an oil change.

Looks good I've been thinking about this for my 85 cutlass. You have inspired me to go for it. Lol

Great video! Me and my son are replacing the valves on a 2017 GMC Terrain with the 2.4 ecotec. This is going to be his first car. I've followed along your video and its been such a big help as I never done this before. I was hoping you could help me out because we're kind of stuck. Ive seen conflicting things online about where my camshaft notches should be with the 2017 lea models. It looks like yours are both around the 5 o'clock mark, if i'm correct my intake notch should be at the 10 o'clock mark and my exhaust should be around 5 o'clock. Also, my valves aren't completely closed on the 1 and 2 cylinders, is this a problem? Last thing, to my knowledge I set the engine at TDC before i removed everything. My #1 and #4 pistons are all yhe way up almost flush with the top of the block and the #2 and #3 pistons are all the way down. Is this correct? Sorry for the long comment. I'm hoping for a hail mary here lol. There's not much online for this and you seem like you know your stuff.

Nicely done.

With enough searching of other videos, yours finally came up in recommendations. Thank goodness. Your instructions are clear cut and easy to understand, especially when you consider my career is computer nerd. However, after seeing what you've done, I am pretty sure I could do this on my daughter's '14 Equinox. Chain either jumped or broke. I think the first. Anyway, I do plenty of medium level car work, so no noob by any sense. Plus, I have brother in laws with a crapton of car experience. One question, though: it's the piston rings that are the cause of the oil issues with these damn engines, right? If I'm putting in the work on a budget, I'd like to solve that issue so I won't need to babysit the dipstick every weekend.

Same story here… oil consumption, timing chain, valves ect. So I’m about to begin to attempt this project, thanks for the videos. I like the music too.

I just finished this same rebuild on a 2.4 following your videos. and it runs like a top thanks awesome video.

Nicely done. 👍

Please tell me where you got the demon front end from please!! I’ve been looking everywhere

I used that other valve spring compressor you had plus a bit of pipe I cut off. I had to compress the spring, then glue the collets on with grease using a stick I poked down the pipe. What a mission.