2001 GMC Sonoma 2.2L Engine Replacement (Part 6) -EricTheCarGuy

1. Great job, your obviously a fantastic mechanic. I've pulled more parts from a junkyard than I can count. I always wanted to be a full blown mechanic. But my patience level and the fact that any number of problems during re-installation can occur and just cause headaches beyond belief. A great mechanic has lots of patience and can just jump back in and correct an issue. My knuckles start bleeding and I make a mistake I'm yelling at anybody around for my mistakes. I gave it up, now its oil changes and tune ups, brakes and easy stuff for me. One thing I know is respect a mechanic its one of the most complicated jobs on the planet. So many makes and models hard to keep up. 🙂

2. Eric, THANK YOU for such a well done, detailed video series! I just finished up pulling the 2.2L engine from my 99 Sonoma to replace pistons, rings, and bearings, and I watched your videos and did the job segment by segment just the way you did. The many tips you explain as you go saved countless hours and made the job enjoyable. I completed the entire job in about a week, and was confident at each step, having seen you do it. I cannot thank you enough for your excellent video work, super clear views, and great commentary.

3. The end of this ONE video is the only place that shows where the belt tensioner is located on this engine! I mean on ALL of the internet; my Haynes manual doesn't even show or describe where to find it! Thanks!!

4. "Sometimes you have to take things off to get what you need." lol

5. little baby sitter lady is Mary poppins lol

6. I was so happy when I saw you witching the Dex to regular coolant, that stuff was a great idea by GM that didn't turn out at all as planned, and has wrecked many engines as a result. Sludges up when exposed to conventional green, and sludges when exposed to air, as well as becomes very acidic when overdue for change, which eats up all your plastic intake gaskets and such. I hate that stuff with a passion.

7. instead of leaving the coil packs and injectors unplugged you could have pulled the fuel relay! it would have helped big time and you would have been able to reconnect all those connectors lol

8. At 4:03 will leaving the engine down while it's only held on by the transmission not bend or warp it in some way because you don't have the mounts on it yet?

9. Theres a lower engine mount and then the remaining bolts from the transmission/bell housing. Plenty to keep it up for a short period of time =)

10. Pretty sure it's one of the greatest cars ever made, but that's just a general opinion.

11. Don't engine mounts keep the engine connected to the car? Why doesn/t the engine fall? is it entirely held in by the few gearbox bolts that are in? Doesn't that put a huge strain on the bell housing?

12. Part 7?

13. Where's part7

14. recently the valve replacement done in {toyota yaris 2008 automatic} after that i got internal leak of coolant fluid again after re-exploring the head of the engine there were no any cracks and any obvious causes for the leak, thoroughly examined for external leaks and without any leaks,
    now soon after starting the engine coolant is revolving and gushing outside when the radiator cap is open .kindly enrich with your great knowledge thank u ………yours biggest fan

15. With over 250k subscribers and 40 million views I'm sure he does okay doing mechanic work on the side 🙂

16. probably the starter

17. he dont do one car a week if u notice in some of his vids there are other cars in his shop

18. Great series on this Sonoma Eric, have an '03 S10 LS with the ZQ8 sport suspension but without the usual "extreme" body cladding – odd. But it was a "program vehicle" so must have been ordered that way– Man I gotta give you credit for your patience on this new stuff, I used to be a shop mechanic in the late 70's and 80's, engine compartments were bigger and less hookups, swap a V8 in a day amazing how much work this 4 cyl. is to swap out – again less room and more to deal with than my day —

19. he obviously doesn't film every single car that comes into his shop genius

20. I agree, I was a shop mechanic way back in the late 70's and 80's+ and Eric shows some of the best knowledge and skill sets on YT – back in my day this was all easier as engine compartments were bigger and not near as many hookups, sensors, etc — a 4 cyl. like this might have been a one day deal with the right gear – we used to swap V8's in a day, things were much simpler and more room to work – didn't know how good we had it-LOL

21. Eric does the best videos about fixing cars

22. Eric, always appreciate the vids! Extremely informative. Requesting a complete install of a turbo system. Thanks.

23. I've noticed that a lot in youtube. The higher your profile and monetary support , the less expert you become in your subject matter. Rule of diminishing returns for both you and your audience.

24. So my truck has no leak no burn no smoke but I put my finger in the exhaust and there was black looks like oil
    What can be the problem no smoke

25. Excellent video series Eric. You have hit dead square on the nail of bringing valuable info to those of us who want to work on our cars. Thank you sir..

26. because he only films 1 car a week…. use your brain a little bit ..

27. I think you should of put in an LS1 Eric !!!

28. Any More vids on this truck coming?

29. Google It, I had a check engine light in my truck and I googled how to read it without a scanner. Turned out I had to turn the key a couple of times in a specific way, however that was mainly for dodges.

30. Through YouTube.

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32. @EricTheCarGuy i need help help diagnosing why my check engine light is on. i have a 1988 toyota supra turbo. how can i know why my CEL is on in that car? any way i can scan it? any help would me great thanks!!

33. i'm sure there's gonna be part 7, 8 and 9

34. you are milking the shit out of these videos just to get a fatter adsense check

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