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Easy enough when motor is out to pull pan. When motor stalled I couldn’t crank it. I assumed cyl was flooded. It might have a bent rod? I didn’t check piston depths when heads were off. It idles ok now. I was working on another one at same time so I have 2 now.

Old lifters look nice of course. Since I rebuilt each one. I didn’t touch new lifters. I’m not pulling plunger guts out so as to effect their performance. I drove it yesterday. Still has rattle. I’m waiting for warmer weather to pull motor. Local yard has “good” motor for $275.

OP query was June 2024

I think hose has a slight curve so bulk hose should work. I fix them so buy/sell. Easy to find. But do I like driving 20 yr old rig? I’d like a newer sedan. I had a leased civic. Boring. I have 2 equinoxes and a vue. I’m sick of suvs.

61k miles? Nice. It’s 2007 so almost 20 yrs. I hope there is no underbody rust issues. Arkansas might have less rust issues. The “thin” unibody likes to rust over time. You can get that hose at junkyard if required. I’ve never seen one fail. And I’ve done headgaskets on 10+.

I’ve had 15 equinoxes. I fix them. 88% have front end noise. I’ve done struts and sway bar links. Which help. I’ve done control arms. Which helps. I have a noise when I wiggle steering wheel. Been told it’s intermediate shaft play. I changed steering assist motor on current rig. Made zero...

Changed one this morning. Found a worn sway bar link. I think struts are original since the stickers look like gm stuff.

I got them.

Seller lives 150mi away. He is coming to my town for business on Friday and will meet up.

Found a seller with strut assys for sale. $10 each. Funny. Rockauto has bare clearance struts for $7. I’d want new top mounts but $7 is cheap. I think consensus is that DA stuff is ok?

Videos show steering angle sensor behind clock spring. So, I took off clockspring assy. And no angle sensor. Read it is inside elec steering motor assy. Which I changed last summer.

I went thru torque angle reset and now power assist is gone. Scan tool may have messed up some parameter. Not driving it due to motor issues so it might take awhile to resolve issue.

I put in fresh oil initially. When I pulled intake I knew coolant would dump into valley so I drained new oil again. And it looked bad. Not milk shake but certainly off. So, I put new oil in again. And the rattle is 80% gone, I drove it around for 1/2 hr and the rattle comes/goes depending on...

I switched wheels from 07 to 08. The tpms works fine on 07. I tried to reset tpms on 08 today and it said all 4 programmed ok. I shut off car and 1 hr later restarted it and system only sees 2 pressures, not 4. I didn’t drive it. Maybe it is speed related?

Usually go by tire size. Like 60/17 vs 55/18 and 50/19. Larger dia and shorter sidewalls equal same OD