How to Replace a Door Handle on Your Car
Scotty Kilmer:
one, two, three, four!
Rev up your engines!
It's time for the Scotty Kilmer Channel
today I'm going to show you how to
replace a broken door handle on your car
now the door handle may be on the
outside of your car but you got to take
the inside panel off in order to get to
the bolts that hold it in, so first you
take the screw out and bring the inside
handle off then once the screw is out
you flip that back to get it out and
pull the arm off, it just snaps off here so
the rods clear and you can get the piece
off then you pop off the cover on
armrest and unscrew that now this car is
manual window crank so you get a screw
driver and you wedge it out and if you
look closely there's a little spring
inside a horseshoe spring you got to get
that clip out I found these tiny ice
picks work real good they go right
inside and snap them out and once you
pull these little Clips out the handle
comes right off
then you stick a screwdriver onto the
bottom of the door and you pop the
little snap and in order to get enough
clearance
you unscrew the arm and pop out the
little cover for the side view mirror
then the whole piece just comes right
off and when you look inside here's the
door handle assembly that you unbolt
and the first thing you do is push these
little Clips off the way and then pull
the rods off so you can get the assembly
off, once I took the plastic off the rod
just comes out of the way then you
remove the two bolts one is in here and
one is in here that hold it on, then you go
back to the outside wiggle it and
you get the old handle out, and if you want
to save money like my customer did go on the internet and send away for an aftermarket
handle it costs less than one-third of
what a dealer handle costs and works
fine then you swap the lock off of the
old one it just snaps and comes up and
put it on the new one
it slides into place and when you bolt
it back on the bolt that holds it to the
door also holds the lock assembly into
the handle, then you slide the handle
back in on the outside and then go back
inside and bolt it in place then you
tighten the two bolts up that holds it
into place, slide the little rods in place then snap
the plastic so they don't fall out,
snap them both in, the top one too,
before you put it all back together lock
the door and close it then stick the key in,
see if it unlocks it unlocks it and see
if it opens, away we go, and slide the
door on and snap all the snaps in and screw
all the screws in all, put the door
handle with the clip stick it on and snap
it in place, put the little ride on the
inner door handle and stick that in then
screw it in place, so the next time your
door handle breaks why not replace it
yourself and remember if you have any
car questions just visit the Scotty
Kilmer channel
and I'll answer him as soon as I get
done talking with this dolphin.
2006 Chevy Aveo Repairs
Easy Auto Repairs:
This is my 2006 Chevy Aveo and it just
clicked over to 54,000 miles. Its still in
nice condition. We been doing a little
work on this car come on Bryant let's
show them the engine.
Our valve cover gasket went out and no
one (at the garage) told us about it. We took it to a shop
they didn't diagnose the problem correct
two times. And it was a winter time and it
was too cold for us to get out and work
on it. That's why we took it to the shop
and we drove it just a little too far
with a bad valve cover gasket and ended
up messing up the catalytic converter
and it blew out the EGR housing and it
blew the EGR tube out. We had to replace
all of that. And here lately we've been
working on the car and
we replaced these two hoses. The main
hose off the intake. This hose here they
were like $11 for both of them. And then
this hose here went bad on us. Its these
little connectors right here, they break.
And they get old and break all of these
connectors did that. And If your car you're
pressing gas on your car won't go
anywhere replace this one. You get a code
saying your intake manifolds bad. Check
this hose right here and the EGR hose (tube).
This makes the second one that we've had
to replace. And if this got cracks in it you
can smell exhaust really bad. If this
gets us crack in it over here. So your
nose can be your best friend. To tell you
if there's exhaust coming from around
this area suspect this EGR tube. But yeah
we got to run a really really good now.
hopefully will stay that way for quite a
while. And she's purring like a kitty cat.
but we all got her all back together and
we even got a new battery the other day
so hopefully were gonna be ok for
quite a while. Alright. Thanks everybody
good luck with your Aveo.
Chevrolet Kalos 1.4-16V Spirit AUTOMAAT AIRCO PDC 92000KM BJ 2006!!
NickGroenlandAuto:
Chevrolet Aveo LS 2006 - rear speakers replacement
MrYarinK:
what up wonder hi guys today I'm going
to show you how to remove your rear
speakers from your Chevrolet Devil 2006
and I think it's also suitable for 2004
and 2005 models hope you enjoy the
process right now you're seeing the
speakers and I'm going to show you how
to inch folder first lift the back seat
on both sides use the reduced rate
there are three bolts that hold the back
rest you just worth min with the socket
wrench to remove the bolts
after moving the boats don't try pulling
the backrest just lift it up remove the
carpet clips
don't try to run over them with your
hands
I already work one so you can see you
can use a fork to remove them really
easy
lift the carpet from the middle and then
go ahead and lift the sides basically we
are finished with the complicated part
and now we can reach to the rail
speakers and decided to show you a
little extra and I'm letting you to see
how I replaced my speakers
and decided to wake the previous biggest
connectors and attach them to the new
speakers by soldering
pay attention to positive and negative
before you start for doing
you
Daewoo Kalos 1.4 Class
Autobedrijf Rehorst:
How to Reset Your Car’s Computer, Old School Scotty Kilmer
Scotty Kilmer:
before I started my youtube channel
eleven years ago, I used to do a TV gig
yes it was called crank it up, here's one
of my old shirts don't make fun of the
name, I did that on CBS TV for a couple
of decades and people are saying Scotty
ever happened to those old videos you
did well, I dug around in my messy garage
and found a bunch of these old videos, so
here's some old school Scotty, Scotty
I'm getting some readings that something
is wrong, well Hal let's check it out
now your car's computer me and I do
everything that Hal does but if it
malfunctions, you may end up walking, your
car's computer has a lot in common
with your home computer and if your home
computer has a problem a lot of times
you can just turn it off and then when
you restart it, hey it can be fine but
your car's computer doesn't work that
way, when you turn the key off the
computer still has power, so here's how
you can reset your car's computer, here's
how you can disconnect the power to the
computer, just get a wrench and loosen
the negative battery terminal then pull
it off, that disconnects the power then
turn the headlight switch on, of course
the headlights won't come on but here's
what's happening,
there's capacitors in some of these
computers and that will drain all the
electricity out of them, so they'll go
back to their original format, you should
wait four or five minutes so all the
electricity is drained, then just get the
negative terminal and bolt it back on
now, comes the tricky part,
the computer has got to relearn, so start
the vehicle and put it in neutral, let it
run for about four minutes in neutral,
then you put it in the low gear, not
drive but low gear, leave your foot on
the brake and run it for four minutes
again, then you need to take the car for
a drive, you need to drive about 20
minutes at speeds over 35 miles an hour
but if your computer is bad and you have
to replace it, here's a money saving tip
it used to be that you can only go to a
dealer to get a late-model computer
replaced, because they were the only ones
that could reprogram the new style
computers, but now there's companies like
Cardone that sell a ready program
computer
that you can plug right into your
vehicle, so if your computer is giving
you a hard time, open the pod bay doors
Hal, I'm sorry Dave I'm afraid I can't
do that, now you know what to do if your
computer is acting up, this is Scotty
Kilmer helping you crank it up, so if you
never want to miss another one of my new
car repair videos, remember to ring that
Bell!
Spark Plug Replacement DIY (the ULTIMATE Guide)
ChrisFix:
Hey guys ChrisFix here
and today I'm going to show you how to replace your spark plugs and your wires in your car or
In your truck and this video is going to cover all the essentials
Like how do you know when you need to replace your spark plugs? What's the best spark plug for your engine?
What's the correct spark plug for your engine how to properly gap your spark plug. Also I have a bunch of different gapping tools
I'm going to show you
What tools you need and then I have a bunch of tips and tricks on the proper way to easily remove your spark plugs and wires
And then install them like when do you use anti-seize?
Do you use anti-seize? And where to use dielectric grease. That way after watching this video
You'll be able to replace your spark plugs and wires at home
You're gonna save money and get your car running in tip-top shape
And if you're someone who's just starting out fixing cars, this is the perfect job for beginners
It's relatively simple to do and there aren't many tools that you need. I mean check this out
All you're gonna need is a ratchet a spark plug socket
Maybe a couple of extensions and if you have hard to reach spark plugs a universal joint extension like this is super helpful
That's the trick to get those out and I'm going to show you how to use that
You're also going to need a gapping tool to make sure the gap on your spark plug is correct and while you don't need it
It's super helpful to remove spark plug wires these ring nose pliers work great to remove them and make it really easy now
Those are all the tools you're going to need here are all the products you're going to need
So you're going to need a set of spark plugs for your engine. In this case
I have a v8 so I have eight spark plugs
And I'm also going to be replacing the wires because the wires in my car are the originals plus we're already doing the spark plugs
We're gonna have to take the wires off anyway, might as well replace them very simple to do now
You might need antiseize
So that's good to have and you're gonna need some dielectric grease but those are all the products you need
So there's not a lot of tools or products at all
And I do want to thank Advance Auto Parts for supporting the video and helping out
They hooked me up with all these spark plugs all the wires and also these spark plugs over here so I could show you guys
copper plugs versus platinum plugs versus iridium plugs the differences and
They gave me this really cool cutaway so I could show you how a spark plug works
So thanks for all that. And with that said let's get started
And the first thing you're gonna want to know is how do you know when to replace your spark plugs?
so a spark plug gets its name because it literally creates a spark that jumps from the center electrode to the ground electrode and this
Happens inside the cylinder which ignites the fuel and forces the piston down
So it's a pretty important part to get the car to run properly now bad spark plugs
Don't project a spark
as hot and might not even spark every time that they're supposed to and that could cause your car to misfire or
Hesitate especially under a load while it's idling, it might idle rough or if it's real bad
You could even get a check engine light. Now I want you to listen to my car
This is a good example of bad spark plugs and wires
You can hear it's not idling right and when you give it gas
There's a lot of vibration
And it's just not running right. You can feel there's a lack of power and my fuel economy has dropped significantly
Those are all indications that it needs new spark plugs and wires
Now your goal should be to replace these spark plugs at the proper interval before these problems happen because the money that I spent on
The bad fuel economy, I could have easily paid for brand new spark plugs
So it only makes sense to do some preventative maintenance
Now what interval should you change your spark plugs at? Well every engine and every car is different
So the easiest way to figure it out is go to your owner's manual flip to the page about the service intervals
You can see right here. Every 60,000 miles, You want to replace your spark plugs
So that's one example another example with my del Sol
Here's the owner's manual we'll flip to the part that talks about the spark plugs, and you can see right there
It says replace the spark plugs every 30,000 miles
It makes it really simple but let's just say like in this case
And in this case, you haven't owned the car since brand new. You don't know the service history
How many miles are on the plugs? You have no clue
Well another way to figure out if you need to replace the spark plugs is to do a visual inspection
So I removed the spark plug for my Mustang and the first thing we're gonna look at is the end of the spark plug here
At the terminal nut. You just want to make sure it's not rusty
if it is you could always sand it down also check the inside of the spark plug wire that covers this because odds are that's
Rusty - but rust is gonna create a bad connection that could cause your misfire if that looks good the next thing to look at
Is the ceramic insulator and you can see what the spark plug cut away the ceramic insulator runs the entire length of the spark plug
insulating the center electrode
From the ground electrode so that it sparks right at the end
If you get a crack in this ceramic the spark could jump from here to here and not spark where it needs the spark
So it won't ignite the fuel and you'll get a misfire
So you're gonna want to inspect the ceramic make sure there's no cracks and right away. I can see right there
There is a crack so that's probably why we had the misfire
You can't fix this you're gonna have to replace the spark plugs if you find a cracked spark plug
But let's just say this ceramic was good
the next thing that you're gonna want to inspect is the ceramic right at the tip and make sure there's no chips or cracks and
That looks good. Next we want to inspect for deposits on the electrode. This looks pretty clean
But here's a good example of an electrode that is dirty
You can see the deposits right there thick deposits like that would prevent the spark from sparking and it could cause a misfire
so if you see that you want to replace your plugs and while you can try to clean off some of those deposits there is
A risk of damaging the platinum electrode so you're better off replacing the plug with a new one
You also want to inspect those electrodes and make sure they're not wearing away. The center electrode looks good
But if we look at that side electrode here that is definitely eroding away
This is typically the reason why your spark plugs have to get changed because of the erosion and just to give you an idea
Here's a new plug and you can see the difference between the ground electrode
Between the new and the old also the gap is correct on the new plug look at how much wider to the gap is on
The old plug if you see the gap opened up like that
The plug is wearing out and it's time to replace it
And one other thing I want to mention you could see the brown staining right around the edge of the ceramic here
This is called Corona staining. Do not worry about it
If you see that that has no effect on the condition of the spark plug
Also, I want to show you guys what a spark plug that is used but good looks like, in this case
This is from the del Sol. You can see there's no cracks or anything
There's no deposits on the electrodes and the electrodes are gapped properly and not worn away
So that is a good used plug
So that is how you visually inspect a spark plug to see if it needs to be replaced in this case with the broken
Ceramic and the worn-out ground electrode, we definitely need to replace our spark plugs
also
some of the spark plugs have a lot of rust around the hexagon which is not good because that could get it stuck inside the
Engine, so we need to replace the spark plugs
Now that brings me to the next question which is: There are so many spark plugs out there
Which one is right for your engine?
Now there are four main types of spark plugs and in general each spark plug has the same type of internals
It has a nice copper core but where each one is different is at the tip where the spark happens. First
We have our basic copper plug which is typically the least expensive plug. This has a copper tip and copper works
Well because it's very conductive so you get a nice strong spark, but because this copper is so soft
They actually have to coat it with a nickel alloy and since it's soft it does wear out quickly
So you have to replace these plugs in about twenty to thirty thousand miles. Next
we have a platinum plug which is a little more expensive than the copper plugs these plugs use a platinum tip right there at the
Center electrode which isn't as conductive as copper, but it is harder and more resistant to wear
So these plugs could last sixty to a hundred thousand miles before they need to be replaced next
We have a double platinum or a double iridium plug with a double platinum
There is a piece of platinum on the center electrode and there's a piece of platinum on the ground electrode
This is designed for a waste spark or reverse spark ignition system
So normally the spark comes from the center electrode goes to the ground electrode
But on some cars the spark goes from the ground electrode to the center electrode
so you want to make sure you have platinum on both sides so you don't get
Excessive wear and the double platinum plug is actually what I need to use on my car
it's what the owner's manual says and if it does say that in the owners manual make sure you use a double platinum if you
Use a regular platinum your plug is going to wear out really quickly
and finally
The last plug is an Iridium plug and this is typically the most expensive it uses a fine iridium tip which helps with the ignitability
of the fuel iridium is also harder and more resistant to wear. So it lasts the longest up to around
120,000 miles. So those are the main types of spark plugs now
Which ones should you use and it's really easy to figure that out
Just grab your owners manual flip to the part about spark plugs, and you can see here, right
There is the part number which is a double platinum plug I suggest going with that an OEM plug
It's the plug that the engine was designed for but funny enough, they don't make an OEM plug anymore
It's been discontinued for my car
So the next best thing I found an aftermarket brand that makes the proper double platinum plugs
So that's what I'll be using. Now, If you are gonna change the type of plug you're using never downgrade your plug
so if you have an Iridium plug don't use a platinum if you have a platinum plug don't use a copper usually a downgrade's a
Cheaper plug so I know it's tempting but your engines supposed to run on a specific plug. So use that plug or sometimes
It's okay to upgrade if you have a copper plug you could usually upgrade to platinum and if you have a platinum plug you could
Upgrade to iridium with that being said, I need double platinum plugs. So that's exactly what I went with
I also decided to get some spark plug wires. It's perfect preventative maintenance
I need to take the wires off anyway to get to the plugs
So now you know, which spark plugs you need for your car. Let me show you how to remove them
But before you remove anything you want to make sure that you're working on a cool engine if your engine is hot and you remove
those spark plugs
you could damage the
Threads holding the spark plugs in with that said this engines nice and cool so we could start getting to work now to find your
Spark plugs is really simple just find the spark plug wires and they'll lead you to each one of the spark plugs we have four
spark plugs on this side the engine and then we have four spark plugs on that side of the engine so pick a side and
Let's get started removing the spark plugs, the four spark plugs on this side are located under these wires
And before we remove the wires
You want to grab some compressed air and blow away any loose dirt or dust that's surrounding the spark plug wells now we can remove
The wires I'm actually gonna remove this breather hose to get it out of the way and when we're removing the wires you don't want
To grab the wire and yank it from the actual wire because that could damage the wire so that's not good
especially if you're gonna reuse these what you want to do is grab it by the boot and
Pull it out from there like that
Now I'm gonna push this back in because I want to show you something sometimes
These are really difficult to remove and that's where a nose ring pliers helps tremendously
All you have to do is get in here grab the boot and then this gives you the extra leverage
to pull it right out and now we have access to that spark plug which is deep down in that well, so again,
We're gonna use some compressed air to remove any dirt and debris and you're not gonna want to skip this step
There's a little rock and a piece of a stick that was down in there
And if we remove that spark plug that debris could have fallen into the engine so very important grab your compressed air grab a vacuum
Whatever it is and just get all that dirt out of those spark plug wells now
You're going to want to grab a spark plug socket
it has a little rubber boot in there and what the rubber boot does is it holds the spark plug in place so you could
Pull it out of the well, it also protects the ceramic insulation from getting cracked
I'm gonna be connecting this spark plug socket to a nice long
extension so we could get down in there and all you have to do is push this down onto the plug once you're on the
Plug break it loose like that and you should be able to loosen the spark plug the rest of the way by hand
So, let's see what we got, beautiful, So that's how you remove an old spark plug
So now let me show you how to install a new one now
It's always important to compare the old parts with the new parts to make sure that they're the same exact part
This is especially important on spark plugs because if your spark plug is extra tall the top of the piston could hit the spark plug
And you could damage your engine
And in this case if you look at where the spark plug seat in the engine
They look like they're the same exact size and these look good
So once you know you have the correct plugs for your car
the next thing that you need to do is make sure that gap of the plug is the
Correct size, if the gap is too wide, you might not get any spark at all
If the gap is too small you might get a weak spark and it might not ignite the fuel efficiently
So it's very important to get the proper gap on your plugs
Even if your plugs come pre-gapped like this they can get messed up in shipping
So it's always a good idea to check the gap because it's so important now to find the correct gap spec
You could check your owner's manual or you could go under the hood of your car
There should be an emission sticker sometimes out in the front
Sometimes it's on the side here and sometimes you can find it right under the hood right here
It says spark plug gap 0.052 to 0.056 inches
So once you know the proper gap for your car next you need to check the plugs using a gapping tool
So these are the most common types of gapping tools first
We have a feeler gauge and it has a bunch of different tongues that have different thicknesses
And what you want to do is you want to find the right?
thicknesses that add up to your gap spec and
While you can use a feeler gauge to check the gap you're better off using a proper gapping tool
Next is the one I personally like to use and it's the coin style gauge right along the edge here is a lip that gets
Thicker and thicker and then there's measurements along the edge to let you know the gap of the plug
so all you do is you put the plug in at the thin end and then slide it all the way until it's hard to
Move and you can see 0.053
now the coin style gauge is not recommended for platinum tip or iridium tip plugs because the process of sliding this across
Could damage the platinum or iridium what I do is I'm just extra careful. I don't press hard
I just lightly move it across and in this case if we want to open up the plug at all open the gap up we
Just use this right up here and then you can pry this open
Then if we regap it
You can see that went up to 0.060 and then if you want to close it
You just find a hard surface and you press the plug down on the back and that'll close the gap, now
We're at 0.052 and finally the last tool is recommended for platinum and iridium style plugs
And it's the wire gapping tool around the outside of this has different gauge wires
So you can see we have a 0.050 inch and a
0.055 inch on this side. And that's the range that we need to be in between
so what you do with this you just get the wire and you try to slide it in the gap and you can see that's
Pretty tight. It's grabbing on there. So it's pretty close to 0.05
Oh
It's a little bit larger and if we go to 0.055 it doesn't fit and if you wanted to open the gap up
So let's just say we want it to be 0.055 inches
what you do is you use the end here and
You're gonna just slide it in here like that and you're gonna pry the gap open
Just a little bit now
If we test this gap you can see it slips in but there is some resistance so it's right around 0.055
0.056
which is within spec and if you want to close up that gap you do the same thing you slide the tool in there and
You just pry the ground electrode the other way so that it closes and that's what's recommended
For the newer style plugs and one more quick tip when you are adjusting the gap make sure you make little adjustments
Don't make large adjustments if you adjust the gap too far and you bend it up like that
That spark plug is now no good
So make sure you're careful and make little increments on your spark plug gap
Changes when you gap your plugs and that's all there is to checking the gap and adjusting the gap
So even if your spark plugs are pre-gapped from the factory
Usually you can tell if they're pre-gapped because they have a protective casing like that
So even if they're pre-gapped be sure to check that gap
So all of our spark plugs are gapped , now we're ready to install them. Now
There's one more thing that we need to cover and that is the use of anti-seize and dielectric grease
Anti-seize is a lubricant that goes right on the threads of the spark plug
You don't want to use a lot and you just want enough to lightly coat the threads that's it
The whole point of it is to make sure the threads don't get stuck inside the engine
So when you go to remove the spark plugs, it'll come right out
we don't want to put too much where there's globs on here and then it could drip down and bridge that gap and cause a
Misfire but with all the different spark plug technologies and engine technologies today. A lot of times. It's recommended not to use anti-seize
So how do you know whether or not to use anti-seize in your car?
Well first check the owner's manual a lot of times it's in there
It'll tell you if you should or shouldn't you could also check the service manual and finally you want to check with the spark plug
Company you go with for example
I called these guys up and I asked them should these use anti-seize and they said no
No, anti-seize is required on these plugs
I know some brands like
NGK they use a special coating on their threads and they actually recommend that you don't use anti-seize because you could over torque their
spark plugs
So check your manuals
Check the spark plug companies and that will let you know whether or not you should use anti-seize on your spark plugs in this
Case we are not using anti-seize so next
Let's cover the use of dielectric grease now dielectric grease or silicone grease is an insulator
So you definitely don't want to get it on the threads of the spark plug where you want to put it you want to get
A nice glob of it right there on that ceramic and then you want to spread that glob around the whole ceramic base
So there's a light coat of grease on the ceramic like so it's also a good idea to get some of that dielectric grease
inside the spark plug boot
what I like to do is I like to get a cotton swab get some grease on the cotton swab and just coat the
inside of the rubber with the grease just
like that and then when we go connect it to the spark plug later on it'll slide all the way down and that
Dielectric grease is going to prevent moisture from getting in here and causing corrosion
And it's also going to prevent that high voltage
From leaking out and finally when we go to replace the spark plugs that silicone on the boot is going to make it really easy
to remove the boot
It won't be seized on there that way replacing your spark plugs and your wires down the road will be a lot simpler and one
Last thing it's not a bad idea to get a little bit of silicone on the other end of the spark plug wire as well
To help insulate and you want a thin coat right around the edge just like that
All right, so I greased all the spark plugs. They're all set
I did all the wires and we still have some dielectric grease left. So you really don't need that much
So with all the plugs gapped, they're all greased. We don't need any anti-seize we are ready to go. Let's grab a plug
Let's grab our torque wrench and let me show you how to install these plugs properly
There's a few tips and tricks that I have
That are gonna make this real easy
Now it's super important that you tighten down your spark plugs correctly
if you tighten them down too much you could damage the threads if you don't tighten it enough, the spark plug could come loose and
blow out of the engine
So how I like to do this is I like to stick the spark plug in the socket
With my extension and drop it down in there. Now I'm gonna do this by hand. You never use an impact gun
You never use a wrench and this should tighten pretty easily
There should be almost no resistance
If it's hard to tighten, back it out and start over. The reason why we do this is because you don't want to cross thread
The plug and once you can't tighten it any more by hand grab your torque wrench and we're gonna torque this down to 15 foot-pounds
Just like that now if you weren't replacing your spark plug wires
all you'd have to do is push this wire all the way down until it clicks and you are done with that spark plug and
I like to work on one plug and one wire at a time
So we did that one next we'd move down to that one after we finish that would move on to the next one that way
You don't mix up any of the wires now in this case. I'm gonna be replacing the wires
so let's remove this wire and then finally follow it all the way up to the coil here and
remove it from the coil and a little trick is to lay out all your wires in size order that way when you get your
Wire you just find the right
size that matches up looks like right there and then we know we have the right size wire and since we're doing one wire at
A time there's only one spot. We can't mess this up put it right on top, press it down till it clicks
Same thing at the plug
Press the wire down until it clicks
Good and once you hear and feel that click that means it's seated properly and we have a good connection and we're done with that
spark plug and wire
So again, remove the wire, clean the well out, break the plug loose, then out with the old and in with the new
Then torque it to spec and finally push in the new wire
So it clicks you're gonna follow these same exact simple steps for each spark plug you replace take your time
And it really is this simple now, let's say you don't own a torque wrench
You can still get this tight to the proper spec just grab your regular old ratchet get it on there
And since it's hand tight you can see right there. It's pretty snug from where it's snug
You just want to turn it about a sixteenth of a turn or just a little bit more just like that
You don't need a lot. You just want to Snug it down just a little bit more and that's all good
Now we could go and get our last wire in there and with that click we are done on this side
So now let's go and do the other side
For the other side the intake tubing has to be removed to get access to the plugs once you have access
it's the same process as before and with a little time-lapse editing, the plugs and wires on this side of the engine are replaced as
well
so we're done replacing the plugs and wires on this engine and the only thing that was in the way was the intake tubing and
It really wasn't that bad. But on some cars it's even easier like with most four-cylinder engines. The plugs are right at the top
So it's really easy to get to and replace you could replace these in like 10 minutes
But not all plugs are this easy to replace some cars like this Subaru, It has a very compact engine bay plus
This is a boxer engine
So the spark plugs are on the side of the engine and you can see there is no access here and there's no access there
So what you'll have to do here is you remove the battery and that gives us access so we can remove the spark plugs
Here we don't have plug wires. And instead. We have a coil on plug
So remove the coil and the trick is to use a universal joint extension
Which allows you to fit into tight places get the socket on the plug then break it loose
loosen it up the rest of the way by hand and that's how you remove a tough to reach plug and you can do the
Same thing to the spark plug right there
So that gives you a really good idea just use a swivel socket or a universal joint extension like this
Remove the battery you could get into tight spaces on the side of the engine bay
You'd do the same thing on this side
Except you to remove the intake and again you get in there with a universal joint extension
So now let's cover one more tricky, but common style engine and that's the transverse engine
So this engine is sitting sideways because it's front-wheel drive
Now that makes it really easy to get to the three plugs that are up here
But the plugs that are in the back, I mean they are all the way in the back here
So there's two ways to go about this one
you could try going from underneath the car and see if you have access to the plugs that way in this engine you don't but
The way you do it on this car is you remove the wiper blade cowl right here
Then that gives you so much more room to get your arms back there
And if you really don't want to remove the cowl you could go in there and do it by feel sure
It's a pain and it takes a little bit longer but replacing the plugs on transverse engines is completely doable
So there you go. That is how you replace your spark plugs in your car
There's one more thing that we need to do and that is start her up and make sure she is running right
And I can tell already that is so much better
Ah Man, that sounds good. No more misfire. And that is how you replace your spark plugs and wires in your car
Those are all my tips and tricks try to make it as simple as possible
So hopefully the video is helpful if it was remember to give it a thumbs up
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How to mod your 2007 Chevrolet Aveo LT's lighting
W3Electronics:
So this is a how-to video
on changing the LEDs in your Chevy Aveo
were going over how to get into your gauge cluster
the digital clock
the radio
the AC cluster
the shifter and the dimmer
let's take it off
all you really have to do is
pull back on it
let's see if I can do this one handed
voila! pops off just like that
you gotta take off the two screws from the side
theres single connector holding it
in the back
your gonna have to unplug that
voila, there's your digital clock
now what you want to do with it is take off the plastic tabs
pop them up be careful cause
plastic does
get brittle
now you have your cover, now i've put a blue film over it
since I couldn't change the
digital clock itself but it could change
the LED lights
unfortunately because of the cover being
yellow
when blue light hits yellow it turns green
you could choose to keep it off
I think it matches with the
digital clock on the
on the board
in the radio
so i suggest just leaving it
this is the back
this is the front
so just take lots of care while opening this
you could lift the plastic cover in the front
just to make sure you have a little more
view
there it is
there's the cover, it's white. There see?
plastic film
and there are the LEDs
what you want to do is you want to push out
the board
be careful
you could push the tabs
now that you've gotten it off
you could see the LEDs
alright so if you look
you can see which LEDs are for what
there's three LEDs for the passenger air bag
there's one for the indicators on and off
and there is one for your
anti-theft alarm
this is how you take apart your digital clock
now we can move on to the shifter
next part is the shifter, now you want to clean out everything from the
front
and the whole center
because your going to be taking off
this first
from the emergency brake
then you'll be pulling up this piece
this whole front piece
alright, your going to be taking off this front piece by lifting off the front of it
the reason is cause it holds down this piece
now you want to pull this piece up
but be careful
there are other parts
that come off
just bring it up
the whole unit
comes off
now that you've got this whole piece off
and set-aside
you can lift
this piece
from the front
than from the back
now that you have
all four of those out
we can deal with this
now there are two connectors under. One for the bulb for the middle, and then
connector for the hold button. So
your going to disconnect those
that's the connector for the hold
now that you got your connector off
you can choose to weather you want to take off your bulbs connector or not, there it is
I suggest you don't you don't need to.
the next parts a little more tricky
the next part
going to need to unscrew
the bottom part
from the top
don't know if you can get a good view of it from here
there's one screw
should be four of these all around
wish I could get a better view but that's it
unscrew those and you'll be able to take off the top
so once you got all those four screws
off
you could easily lift and
move this forward
and now you've got
a complete access to the bulb that goes here
now you could easily go online and just buy the
bulb that goes here or you can buy
the ones that are LED
replace it
and it'll be blue
now the hold button if you want to change that
it's completely different, you have to open it and solder it
now for
that you need to take out the hold button
the hold button you need to pinch the sides
and you need to push it upward
and voila!
comes out
alright you need to be careful cause you need to take that piece off and that piece off.
and I've almost broken it
you need to be very careful
so let's do that let's open it up
so make sure you lift those two sides up
very carefully that's what I did I used a
small flat head screw driver
now you can remove it
you see that?
got the LED in there already
I use these tabs cause they
went in the gauge cluster so I might as well keep the
LEDs the same all around
all you need to do is pullout that
circuit board from the back
so you need to lift up this tab and these tabs
so now that you have those tabs off you could easily open it. But I want you to be very
careful cause there are two springs on the inside
now as you can see I soldered a different LED where the original was.
the original was a green
and I put this blue. But I put a
surface mount style LED
I simply cut off the leads and then
sat this won't up where it was
and pointed it forward
and that's how you can basically turn
your hold button into the color you want
and your shifter
now we can move on to the gauge cluster.
now the gauge cluster is pretty simple. You lower your steering wheel
lock it in place
and remove the top
you pull out and you pull up
let's do that and pull out from the bottom
pull up
and the whole thing just comes right off
make sure you don't lose any pieces
now you gotta unscrew four, count them
four screws
now that you've got
the screws off
you have to take off
that and that piece
what you do is squeeze and pull it out
squeeze and pull out
the entire thing comes right out
now you gotta make sure when your taking this apart
and when you're taking off
these
that you don't end up breaking them. You could also take off the
plastic front
so you pushed down and forward
down and forward
down and . . .
forward
then I can pull that right off
set it aside
now you gotta be very careful
this whole thing has to come off for you
to get behind
to the LEDs
so you gotta take off
the needles
remember where the needles are at
they stay low
until you turn them on
and then they'll go up to
zero point
so they're about there
remember that mark
as far as the gas
and the temperature gauge there about a little higher than that there about there.
right above the letters
so remember that before you start taking this apart
so you pull off
make sure you pull off evenly so is not to break the needles
so pull the needles right off, I've already
pre-pulled these off but make sure you
pull with equal force all around, you don't
want to break these
it's hard to find replacements
so you set those aside and now that you've got those off
you gotta pull these tabs off
and when you pull these tabs up
makes you don't break them
so now that these tabs are up
pull this up
now you can take your cluster
simply pull it out
so you push that off and voila! This comes off
now you've got your cluster
you could pull this up it's got two tabs holding it down
about a tab each one
then you can pull up on it
just like you did the digital clock
and voila! look at that
there's your LEDs
I put a blue behind the gas gauge. Cause for some reason if you change the bulb on the
gas gauge i'm not sure why
but it wont work
with an LED
so i simply put blue on it
blue shade behind it
and i also made a turn signals LED
blue, you can
probably make your's, make sure you check your laws
now I put two LEDs there
their blue
here's the
front console
now when you take this off make sure you don't break any of the legs or you'll be missing numbers.
you don't want that to happen
so the final part to taking this apart
is having to bring up this
and this
and . . . this
make sure you don't break any of them, and push it up
so once you have those off you just gently
pull this off and look at that
you've got your whole circuit board
make sure this is intact make sure you didn't break any legs in the back
and there you go there
are your LEDs
make sure
that you pay attention to which way the polarity is
it's already there usually marked by they
lower
side on the left
the little dip that's the negative
make sure to watch out for they
air bag light
that one seems to have
that seems to be a different way of soldering
the LED on, it's got two legs on this side and
seems to be on two legs on that side so
just be careful if you change that one
and there you go that's how you take it apart, goodluck
i'll be doing the
center console and
the AC and the Radio
That'll be next. Ok so now im going to show you how to take off the top
part
so you can get to the center
and the radio
so you start from here
see this part?
push down
right where the air comes out
push down and this is the spot where you have to begin, use a flat head
uh...
small flathead should work
and now what you want to do is push up with the flat head
and try to get under
this panel, pull up
voila!
that's how you get it off
all you have to do is pull up
be careful
cause it might hurt if you do it wrong
now that you've got the top part off
you can get this
and pry it off
so, start from up here
pull off
should be careful
cause you don't want to break anything, and voila!
just set that aside
now that you've got this exposed
you have the option of taking out the
radio so let's do that
there are four screws. Now, once you have the screws off you can take out the whole
radio
so let's do that
now that you have the whole radio
you are able to access the screws on the
side here and here
some of the other side, so let's take those off. Now
once you have those four screws on the
sides off
I suggest you put the unit back in
and now you could take up the whole face
of the radio
you just need to pull out
just make sure this is, nice and
safe
and that way you can take off the face, see?
so with that done
you need to take off
about, one. . .
about nine black screws
to access the LEDs that light up this
unit
so let's do that
so once you have all those screws off
you need to flip it to the front
and pull off
the volume
so you just pull it out
comes off, it's two pieces so be careful
now that you have that off
you can just push forward
and off comes the face
now as you can see
my way of adapting
the blue LEDs
is uh...
in the
display is to put over a blue sheet
now
as you could see, you have access to the LEDs
you got LEDs here, here
I think all together, there are twenty-five of them i'm not sure
and you can look in the description to see what size they are and where you can get them on eBay
but my suggestion is when you're doing
them
to be careful
this is . . . this is
a board like any other and you can break it
there are LEDs in here, I don't know if you can see, and
it's hard to reach them, what I did was
I went back here and I de-soldered
this unit
I actually took this off to get to the LEDs in there and re-soldered it. So
that's how you get to your radio
now we can move on too
the A.C. unit
alright
Now we need to start on the A.C. Now i have to warn you, you need to take off this piece
as a whole
first
if you don't you're gonna
break or warp the plastic on the outside
let's start out by taking out
the ash tray
and let's take off this piece right here. All you need to do. Put your fingers under it
pull out
straight-out as far, as much as you can. See? So
now if you do
you'll reveal four screws. You got one here
one here
one here, and one here
you need to take off
those four screws, so let's do that
now that you have those four screws off. You can pull the unit itself out
straight out
now here's the issue with this one
there multiple plugs and cables holding
on to this unit
and you need to disconnect every single one if
you want to be able to take this out
and work on the LEDs on the inside. So
you start with
the emergency lights
take off that cable
move on to, this button
changes the direction of the air so what
you want to do is, you want to make sure this
and this
temperature
isn't all the way it's left you want
the temperature all the way to the right
so you can get some slack, see?
I'm turning it and it's pulling me in
so you want it to have slack
this one on the other hand
it can do whatever it wants
so
with that said I suggest you put it
uh, to the left. So now
what you want to do is, you wanna
pull out that cable
but let's start with the electronics first
so then I can bring the camera in closer so
you can see
so the next one will be in the middle
all you need to do is push down, and pull out
voila! comes out
so now you need to pull this out, and you need to be able to pull it out
and you'll be able to move it
from the unit itself
we have to do it to this one as well
this whole piece just comes up
you gotta be able to disconnect it first
let's try that
see? all you need to do is push up on it
what you can do is
turn the knob
to pull away
and now that
now that you've got that unhooked
it's easier for me to show you on this side
what happens. So
what you want to do is
same thing you did to the other one
push out on it
and then
turn the inside
to pull out
once you have that free
see these tabs? you need to pull these tabs out, while pulling this up
okay so
this is really hard one handed but what you need to do is
stick the flat head right here
push out
and pull up on wire
and then do so
for the other side
push out
pull up on the wire
keep pulling up or
it'll be in vain . . . voila!
pops out
so now you gotta
make sure this stays to the side
you gotta do the same for the other
but because you have everything unplugged
you can easily, flip it
look at that
you gotta make sure to disconnect this
look at that I used my
short flat head to help me with that, and now
you could flip the whole unit
let's see if I
can capture that on video
push down, pull up
push down, pull up
see how easy that is?
no breaks
no pulls
and look at that
you've got your whole unit
alright now that you have the A.C. unit out
you wanna flip it over
and you wanna find
this screw
and this screw
those were the screws I was talking about
when I said do not pry this face off
ok, now that you have those out
you may flip it to the other side. Just to take off the face
you must take off
the middle two
on this side, one. . . two
flip it around
and three
please be careful when doing this
you could easily break them especially
when the plastic gets brittle and old. Voila!
there's the face
set that aside
now your starting to get an idea of what uh... the A.C. cluster really looks like
now, what you want to do is
you want to
do the same for these
but let's start off by taking off the front
all you need to do
is grab hold really tight
pull forward
look at that
comes right off
so do that for the other two
right off
do it gently enough not to break anything
and now you can start seeing on the inside the electronics that I'm trying to get to
so
now we can take off the tabs
so you have the tabs off
look at that, comes right off
but you need to unplug this, just pull it up
and now you can take it off. There's one more piece of electronics you need to unplug
and look at that
you have where the light bulbs sit
which are now LEDs that i've
changed to
and you have access to the electronics
so now that we've gotten to the electronics you can unscrew it by
unscrew it by
taking off these two screws
so let's do that
so once you have those screws off, you simply take off the board
just take care not to damage it
and
as you can see
I took off the
the LEDs from before and I changed them to
blue
and I sort of ran sand paper in front of them, so the light wouldn't be as strong
and I also added an extra resistor
if you could see there
and I added the LED in the middle instead of a little light bulb, incandescent
So this replaced the A.C.
this replaced the
middle
which is for
keeping the air out
and this is for the
defrost
so there you go, that's how you get into your A.C. cluster
before you finish
putting this together
I want to talk about the emergency light switch
Now, if you put an LED in here colored it'll still come out red. That's what happened to me
but uh... that's going to be your choice, if you want to change it to LED. I did, at least now I know
the LED is consistent with the rest of the electronics that I've put in
and it won't burn out as quick so
let me show you how to take that off, there are two tabs, one on this side and on this side.
you push
and you push the unit out
and voila!
comes off
now if you look at the switch
it's got a tab up here, a tab up there that you need to flip up to open up
and here's the bulb, all you need to do is turn and pull out
Now I would take it apart it's just
I've done it so many times and it's not that hard
you just pull this tab up
and pull this tab up, and that's it. So
that's how you take that out
and when your putting it back in, if you put it wrong uh... I mean it's pretty obvious
there's only two ways. You're either going to be able to put it this way
or that way, and guess which way is the right way
when you do all you need to do is
Voila!
now we can move on to, the dimmer
so for the dimmer
you need to go under
now let's see if I can
get some light in here
I don't know if you can see that connector
that's where it is
all you need to do is, push out on it
once you push out on it, it'll pop out by itself
so now that you've got the dimmer out
all you have to do is
get the clip off, all you need to do is push it and pull
let me see if I can do it one handed
there, if I can do it one handed you can do it with two
same thing goes for this one
you've got to take off, you've got to pull up the tab there, and there
and you can get inside, so let's do that
once you pull the tabs off
make sure to pull off the face
you gotta
pull up this so the wheel comes out
and the whole unit comes out
you could see where the original LED was
you can see how I changed it
you gotta make sure to position it right
this
this wont fit if it isn't
see? when I close it
it's directly above it
directly above the picture
that's it
that's it for this how to
How to Replace a Radiator (Complete Guide)
ChrisFix:
Hey guys Chrisfix here and today I'm going to show you how to replace a radiator in your car or in your truck
I'm gonna go into detail and show you all the tips and tricks
to make this job super simple and at the end of the video after you're done watching you two will be able to replace your
Radiator at home and save yourself a ton of money now
We'll be replacing the radiator on my truck and this is actually a really good example of a radiator replacement
this is one of the more difficult ones because we have an automatic transmission and we have transmission cooler lines going into this radiator if
You have a manual transmission. You probably won't have that also, it is pretty tight in here
So we will be working in a tight area. But even though it is a little bit more difficult
It's still really simple to do this as you will find out in a few minutes now
The reason why we're replacing the radiator in my truck is because once you start her up, you could see right away
There's a crack in the radiator that's causing the coolant to shoot out and make that belt squeal loud and one of the main reasons
Why your radiator might fail like this is because the coolant was never changed or it wasn't changed at the proper interval in this case
It's supposed to be changed every three to five years but right away, if you look at this radiator cap, that doesn't look good
There's sludge there's rust and this whole system is rusted up. That's because the previous owner never changed the coolant
I was actually the first person to change the coolant in this truck and try to do a complete flush and it did help it
last longer
But eventually that radiator did leak but that's okay because we have a brand new one and here all the tools and products you need
To replace a radiator. We're going to keep it real simple. We're using all common hand tools
We have a flare nut wrench set you need a pliers
need a ratchet some sockets and
extensions and then a spill proof funnel is super helpful when we go at our new coolant to the new radiator and
Product wise we have a brand new high quality radiator with a good warranty
But that's not all I'm going to install since we have everything apart
It's a good idea for extra reliability replace your lower radiator hose your upper radiator hose your thermostat and your radiator cap
It's only a couple extra bucks more and it gives you that reliability
You're also going to need some 50/50 antifreeze
You could do straight antifreeze and mix it with distilled water. And we're going to need a little bit of transmission fluid
Make sure you choose the right type for your vehicle because we're going to be removing the transmission cooler lines now
I do want to thank Advance Auto Parts for helping support the video get me all these products so I could show you guys
How to install a radiator in your vehicle? So thank you very much
And with that said let's get started. And there's one thing I want to show you real quick super-important
You might be tempted to use one of these radiator sealers that are easy to use and they're also very inexpensive
But I highly recommend that you avoid using sealers like these unless if it's a complete
Emergency how this works is you take the radiator cap off and you would add this directly to your coolant the problem
Is that this stuff will clog the leak?
But it could also clog the passageways in your radiator or even heater core and just to give you a real-life example the previous owner
Of my del Sol used a radiator sealer and a head gasket sealer
And here's what it looks like inside pry this open with a screwdriver
If we take a look, okay under here, you can see that copper area right there
That's the head gasket sealer, and there's all this like gummy sludgy stuff here
That is a radiator sealer
And if we take a look at the top of the radiator all these slots are what allow the coolant to flow through the radiator
And then into the engine and cool the engine, so it's important that these slots stay clog-free
But you can see that sealer actually clogged up a couple of these slots
So while this stuff can work and it can seal your leaks
I highly recommend that you don't use it unless if it's emergency and instead get yourself a replacement radiator to install and I'm gonna show
You how to do that right now. So let's get started
Now the first step to do before we start draining any coolant before we start taking the old radiator out the first thing you want
To do very important is make sure you flush your cooling system now
I already did a video on how to super flush your cooling system where we went from this really dark
Sludgy coolant and we flushed it out multiple times
Until we completely clean the cooling system and I'll be sure to link this video in the description below so you can easily find it
It's important that you flush out the entire cooling system get rid of all that dirty
contaminated coolant before you install your nice new radiator
It'd be a shame to install the radiator and then run that dirty coolant through it which kind of defeats the purpose
Once your cooling system is completely flushed like it is on my truck
The next thing to do is drain the coolant but before we touch anything
Make sure your engine is cold
You don't want to open up a radiator cap with a hot engine because scalding coolant could come flying out and that wouldn't be good
So now we're gonna open up this radiator cap with a cold engine and we're gonna go under the vehicle to drain the coolant now
you're gonna find your coolant drain plug at one of the bottom corners of your radiator like this right here if you don't have a
Coolant drain plug then you can remove your lower radiator hose and let it drain from there
But in this case, we have a drain plug so I'm gonna loosen it up and we're gonna let the coolant drain it a bucket
Now as we let that drain we could do some stuff up here at the top by the engine bay
And the first thing we need to do is remove the negative cable on the battery. Now, you might be asking yourself
Why would you do that? We're just removing the radiator and the answer actually makes a lot of sense
there are airbag sensors that are typically right next to the radiator in the front for a front collision if you're removing your radiator and
You hit one of those sensors by mistake you could cause the airbag to go off and just to be safe
It's not worth the risk. All you need to do is remove the negative cable on the battery
And with that removed now, we could start removing our radiator. And since it's pretty tight up here to make it easier
I'm gonna remove our air intake to give us a lot more access
so first
Let's unscrew the hose clamp holding the intake to the throttle body and then slip the hose right off
Good now we can remove the mass airflow sensor wiring harness and unclip the intake hose from the airbox and check this out
This is what you get for letting your truck sit for two weeks. It looks like we had a chipmunk or something
Leave his food inside our airbox and that's why your intake has a filter so sorry mr. Chipmunk
You're gonna have to find a new place to store your nuts
And with all that cleaned out now we can focus on removing our radiator and it's really simple
All we have to do is remove our upper and lower radiator hoses on the other side
We have two transmission cooler lines coming in
We need to remove then we have the fan shroud and we unbolt the radiator and it'll come right out
So let's first focus on removing the upper radiator hose
So grab your pliers and clamp down onto the hose clamp and slide it off the end of the hose
Now the hardest part for removing a hose is pulling the hose off
Usually it's stuck on the end here but a trick that works really well with the hose
Twist it so it breaks free. And once the hose is twisted give it a wiggle and it should come off just like that
So we got the upper radiator hose off now. Let's get the lower radiator hose off
So this is the same process use your pliers
Clamp down on that hose clamp and slide it out of the way
And as you can see, this hose is really stuck on here. And this is where that twist trick comes in handy
I'm gonna use my pliers and just twist the hose back and forth to loosen it up and now it should slide right off
beautiful and with that lower radiator hose disconnected
Let's move to the top of the engine bay and disconnect our transmission cooler lines
We have one up here and we have one down there now to disconnect these try not to use a regular
Open-ended wrench the problem is there's only two contact points for the flare nut
So if you loosen it you could strip the flare nut
So instead use one of these flare-nut wrenches you can see it has more sides
So there's more contact that way you won't strip the flare nut
Now it's very important that you pay attention here as you loosen this flare nut
Make sure this line isn't twisting as well
This line shouldn't move sometimes what happens is the flare nut and the line here get stuck together
And as you loosen the flare nut
This line will twist and you could break it that way if that does happen just use some heat or penetrating fluid and that'll help
Separate the to good the flare nut is spinning but the line is stationary. Just what we want
And before we loosen it all the way I'm gonna get a paper towel under here because this might leak out some fluid
so just hand loosen it the rest of the way till the flare nut comes off and now we're gonna just pull this out and
Look at that. We didn't even make a mess. It's not even leaking
So with the top transmission cooler line removed now, we could go down and remove the bottom one
It's a little tight down here. There we go
And it looks like the whole fitting is spinning with the flare nut, which is another problem
You could run into luckily
All you need is a big wrench to hold the fitting in place as you loosen up the nut just like that good
So with both transmission cooler lines removed now
We need to remove the fan shroud and we'll do that by removing two bolts starting with this bolt right here
So just loosen it up with your ratchet
Just like that now head over to the other side of the fan shroud and we'll loosen the second bolt
Which is the last one holding the shroud in place?
Good now we can pull the shroud up and rest it on the cooling fan and now there's only two bolts holding our radiator in
We have one bolt on this side and one bolt on the exact opposite side
And then at the bottom here this radiator is only held in by a bracket
So once we unbolt it, we could just lift it up off the bracket
So let's go and unscrew this bolt right here
And it's nice that all these bolts are the same size. So we don't have to waste time changing sockets
Good now go back to the other side and this is the last bolt holding the radiator in and one last thing we need to
Do is just disconnect this line that goes to the coolant overflow tank
Now our radiator is ready to come out
All you have to do is give it a little wiggle and pull it up and it should come right out just like that beautiful
Now I'm going to set this on the floor right here
And with the radiator removed, there's enough clearance to remove the fan shroud good and I'll keep that down here as well
And now we could install our brand new radiator. Now before we do that. I always like to do preventative maintenance
There's a couple things on this truck that I need to do and now is the perfect time because look at all this space here
Without a radiator there's plenty of room
so what I'm gonna be doing is I'm gonna be installing a brand new belt tensioner because my belt squeaks when it gets wet and
I know the tensioner is causing a misalignment and I'm gonna be installing a brand new water pump
It's the perfect pair for installing your brand new radiator. I'm gonna do that real quick right now
so first
We need to remove the serpentine belt
Then remove the engine fan remove the idler pulley and the belt tensioner assembly
And the whole power steering Assembly has to be unbolted and moved out of the way as well as the air conditioner compressor
then we could finally get to the water pump and it's out with the old water pump then clean the gasket surface and in with
The new water pump and gasket now
Everything has to go back together starting with the power steering pump assembly and then the AC compressor then a brand new belt tensioner assembly
Then an idler pulley and engine fin and finally put the belt back on now with that preventative maintenance done
Let's get back to installing our brand new radiator
And what we're gonna do next is we're gonna go and install our upper and lower radiator hoses as well as our thermostat
So let's start with our upper radiator hose, which is this right here and it connects right down there to our thermostat housing
So just like before
Remove the clamp and move it to the top of the hose
Then twist the hose to break it free and pull it up and off now
The thermostat housing is held in by two bolts
So remove both of those that's one and that's to then remove the housing and finally the old thermostat now
We need to remove the gasket
So shove a towel in the hole so we don't get any debris in there and then use a plastic scraper to scrape the old
Gasket off good and finish it off with an embrace of sponge to get it nice and clean beautiful
With the surface cleaned and smooth we are ready to install the new thermostat
but first what I like to do is drill a small hole in the thermostat to allow the air to
Bleed out without the thermostat having to be open
So first Center punch it and then use the 1/16 inch or smaller drill bit to make a hole just like that
Perfect. And this is a little trick. That's super helpful
It's gonna make bleeding the air out of your cooling system
When we add the new coolant very easy
And you won't overheat you won't get any hot spots and the hole is small enough
It allows air through but very little coolant through so our thermostat could still function as it should so now with that drilled
Let's go install it
So first put the gasket down and then we're gonna install the thermostat you want the spring of the thermostat down into the engine
so that's gonna be sitting right there like that then put the thermostat housing on hand tighten the bolts and
Then torque them down to ten foot-pounds
Good now we can install our brand new radiator hose
remember to get your old clips off your old hose you could reuse these as long as they're not rusty or bent but instead of
Reusing this clip because these are our pain to get off sometimes I'm gonna use a stainless steel hose clamp instead
So push the hose down onto the thermostat housing and make sure you push it all the way down to the base of the housing
Right there and then we could easily tighten down the hose clamp with a nut driver make sure it's not coming off and good
Let's do the same thing for the lower radiator hose
Remove the clamp with the pliers and pull the hose off the fitting
Good now we need to get the top part off which is right up here
And this is why I prefer the stainless steel hose clamps rather than these stock ones because these are sometimes difficult to remove
Especially in tight places with all the clamps removed. This should come right off out with the old hose and in with the new
Finally tighten down the hose clamp here and up here
So with our hoses installed now we could go and install our brand new radiator
but first you want to make sure that you take everything off the old radiator and
Transplant it onto the new one in this case. It's very simple
We just have this one shroud right up here that we're gonna take off
We're gonna put on here but on some cars it's a little bit more than that
You might have an electric fan like this and then there's four bolts that are holding in the electric fan
When you unscrew those bolts this whole assembly will come out and then you could transplant that onto the new radiator
So with our radiator all set up and ready to go, let's get our fan shroud in first
And then now we could go and install our radiator
Be cautious with the new radiator because the little aluminum fins are easy to bend and damage so carefully get it in place plug in
The hose that goes to the coolant overflow tank mount the fan shroud against the radiator and bolt it in so that it's snug
Since we're here we might as well tighten down the bolt to hold the radiator in as well
And we also have the transmission cooler lines to install. So make sure you hand tighten the flare nuts first
You don't cross thread them and then snug them down with a wrench and do the same exact thing for the bottom cooler line
Since we're down here, let's attach the lower radiator hose and tighten the hose clamp good now on the other side of the radiator
Let's tighten down the bolt holding in the fan shroud and the bolt holding in the radiator
So the radiator is completely bolted in then attach the upper radiator hose and tighten the clamp down
Finally get the air filter in followed by the intake tubing and tighten down the clamp securing it to the throttle body
Also, don't forget to reconnect and tighten the negative cable on the battery
Now we can fill up the radiator with coolant
So attach the adapter that fits on your radiator and push the no-spill funnel in alright with our funnel in place
Now we need to add our coolant and always check your owner's manual and make sure you're adding the correct type of coolant in this
Case we definitely want a 50/50 mix and I'm gonna be using a universal green coolant
Now we have two options right here
we have a pre-mixed 50:50 antifreeze water mix or we have our
Concentrate where we have to add our water to get that 50/50 ratio, this is nice for convenience
But it is more expensive and this is cheaper, but you do have to mix it with your own water
And if you are mixing it with your own water, make sure you get distilled water without any minerals ed
It has to be completely pure water. Any minerals will allow electrolysis in your cooling system
And that wouldn't be good that eats away all the metals. So in this case, I'm going to be using the premix for convenience
So fill the radiator and cooling system up in this truck
My owner's manual says the cooling system should take 9.5 quarts of coolant and as the funnel empties just add more coolant
So now that our coolant isn't going down any more. Let's go inside the truck and start her up
And with the truck running we're gonna go over to the climate controls
I'm gonna turn the heat on
make sure it's on all the way and that's gonna allow the coolant to circulate through the heater core so we could get all the
air blood out now on your dashboard
The one thing you want to pay attention to is right here your temperature gauge
You just want to keep an eye on your temperature gauge here and make sure it doesn't go up to the hot
It should stabilize
right around half if it goes up to hot either don't have enough coolant or there's air in the system so every one so I'll
Just come back and check on this and as we let the engine run we have a couple of things we want to check in
The engine bay first thing you want to make sure that you keep your funnel filled with coolant all the time
What's happening is the water pump is spinning
It's sucking coolant in and hopefully forcing the air bubbles out since this is the tallest point in the cooling system
The air bubbles are going to come up and out of the cooling system through the funnel and I just want to show you something
real quick on some cars you might have a bleeder valve built into the cooling system like in this case here all you have to
Do is fill the cooling system and then crack your bleeder valve just like that
Make sure the cool comes out with no bubbles and then close it when the cooler comes out with no bubbles
that means you have led this system and that just gives you another easy way to help you get all the air out of the
cooling system
We also want to make sure that we check all the connections and fittings that we undid to make sure there's no leaks
So I'm gonna make sure every hose that we replaced every connection that we removed. There are no leaks at all
So just give that a quick inspection so far so good
One of the easiest ways to check for a leak is just to go under the vehicle and look for anything
Dripping and I don't see anything here
so as we let the engine run another thing that we want to do is check our transmission fluid since we did lose some in
The old radiator and as expected we're low on fluid. It should be filled up to here
So get a funnel and be sure to use the proper transmission fluid specified in your owners manual. I'm down about a quart
So I'm gonna be using this whole container. So let's remove the funnel and let's see what we get
Perfect. Now you can see this is filled to the proper level
So with our transmission topped off and completely full that is done and I'm taking a look at this coolant level here
And this hasn't gone down
So that means this is full and all the air is bled out
Now we could push the stopper in the funnel and remove it
We also need to remove the adapters and install our radiator cap
But we're not going to reuse the old one and instead we're gonna put in a nice new one and you always want to check
The old one is a 16 psi cap and the new one is 16 as well. Good
So now we know we have the proper cap for our system and with our radiator cap
Installed the last thing that we need to do is come over to the coolant reservoir and top this off
we don't want to fill this all the way just to the hot fill line since the engine is warm beautiful and we are
Completely done now that is how you replace your radiator. We went from this old leaking radiator
that didn't cool very well plus some old parts like the water pump the hoses and we installed a brand new CARQUEST radiator with a
Lifetime warranty one last thing you want to make sure that you put your old dirty coolant in a sealed container
So animals like your dog don't drink it because it does taste
sweet and it is boys eNOS and you could recycle coolant at your local advance auto parts store a
Mechanic shot or your town's recycle center. So there you go
Make sure you recycle your coolant and that is how you replace a radiator in your car or a truck it is that simple?
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One more quick tip you want to make sure that you have hot heat if you don't have hot heat coming out
That means you have air in your system. You also want to go for a shakedown ride
Make sure your car isn't running hot and everything is performing properly. So I'm gonna go do that right now
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