What Did You Do To Your HHR Today?
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Joined: 04-01-2022
Posts: 254
From: MD
Hmmm, now I’m not happy!
I took the HHR out for a drive, as I rolled back out of the driveway, I stopped to check for leaks.
lo and behold there’s an oil drip on the driveway! I put the HHR back in the garage, jacked it up, placed safety stands and removed the passenger side wheel, the plastic splash shield, grabbed my trusty flash light and mirror.
there is oil residue from above the oil pan gasket area, appears to be from the engine front cover. So, I’ll change that gasket next week. I inspected the water pump, it was new in 2020, no oil from any points on the bottom of it, or the housing to mounting area. The valve cover gasket is dry, I just changed it yesterday.
so, that’s the passenger side transmission output shaft seal, oil pan gasket, crankshaft seal and the water pump access plate gasket, all were leaking, all have now been replaced. Strange.
I took the HHR out for a drive, as I rolled back out of the driveway, I stopped to check for leaks.
lo and behold there’s an oil drip on the driveway! I put the HHR back in the garage, jacked it up, placed safety stands and removed the passenger side wheel, the plastic splash shield, grabbed my trusty flash light and mirror.
there is oil residue from above the oil pan gasket area, appears to be from the engine front cover. So, I’ll change that gasket next week. I inspected the water pump, it was new in 2020, no oil from any points on the bottom of it, or the housing to mounting area. The valve cover gasket is dry, I just changed it yesterday.
so, that’s the passenger side transmission output shaft seal, oil pan gasket, crankshaft seal and the water pump access plate gasket, all were leaking, all have now been replaced. Strange.
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Joined: 04-01-2022
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From: MD
I would never cheap out on a timing chain. That's one of those maybe once in a cars lifetime jobs! It's not like an old small block where the cover was under the water pump and it only took an hour or two.
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If you check the FelPro gasket photo, the lack of blue silicone is visible
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