Recent content by vkrum1231

I broke 30% of the slot that holds the snap ring. Should I just put in everything together and new snap ring or replace the whole compressor??

I ran into the same issue.. Any issues with this fix later on?

I am thinking about replacing the bearing and call it a day

So.. I got the tensioner out, replaced water pump. I spun the ac compressor clutch and I hear this sound. Is this sound normal? Sounds pretty dry I sprayed it with brake cleaner to clean up oil spills from a previous oil change job..

As I was working on replacing belt, tensioner, thermostat and water pump.. I just spun the pulley on ac compressor clutch. Here’s how it sounds… is it bad??

Thanks for your inputs.. I’ll give that a shot

Please help… M6 bolt that holds the tensioner rounded off.. I tried these extractors from amazon and the extractors rounded off too… https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DHX6BN84?tag=ihco-20 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07PH39ZFD?tag=ihco-20 What else would you do? Any good extractors? Thinking of...

Thank you all for all the excellent tips and suggestions. Fixed valley plate leak.. no leaks no cel so far everything looks good. I still need to replace the radiator though. @jmanscotch I took a colour printout of your whole write up and used it as a manual. I owe you man. You motivated me to...

I pulled the valley plate out.. As I tried to pry the valley plate little coolant entered the oil return pipe.. anyone run into this?

Thanks much Richard for your response. I was bit worried about finding the part and waiting for the part to arrive. But a dealership near me already has it and it is not that expensive. It'd probably cost me more to fuse it with epoxy. Also "Acard" recommended changing the casing as part of this...

Hey all.. thanks for all the awesome write ups… I ran into a weird issue. As I was trying to remove the PCV housing / separator case . The plastic that holds one of the bolt which is right next to the nipple closer to firewall on driver side, broke off. I can’t put the bolt back anymore...