This may sound obvious or simplistic, but why doesn't gm get its highly paid engineers to find a solution and let all the owners know about it? Instead of rebuilding the engine, find a fix.

Soldering iron & brass nut set. 😂 Welds it instantly in place with heat & permanently fixed. Just white thread paste a machine screw with a hex head.

I like your method I will be using it on a 2017 Equinox Thank You 👍

you would be a GREAT king of the hill neighbor !thanks for your time.

Such a good idea for a solution that lets you clean it in the future too! I'm not sure if I'll go with this plan or take the manifold off to clean it, then install an oil catch can. 2 questions: How did you make sure that you hit the PCV orifice hole? You mentioned moving the nut up so you could fit the screw better in it, but I don't see how you can move the hole - would you just offset the nut?

Couple of things. 1st if you are doing with the pipe. Take the hook off and run the chain through the pipe and reattach the hook. Wrap the chain around the brush and just hook the hook back on the tractor side of the pipe. 2nd way which doesn't have anything to do with the pipe. Just wrap the chain twice around the bush/tree and hook the hook on the part of the chain that's going back to the tractor. This will take a 20' chain not just a short piece. When you pull the chain it will choke up and if the tractor has enough ass. It will come out.

Thank you very much ! I have a 2014 and it was plugged. I followed your advice and it worked beautifully! I highly recommend what he did 😊

Thanks for the info, great idea !!

What a huge piece of crap. My mother in laws is pissing oil out by the passenger side cams. Pulled the oil cap and pressure is flying out. Pulled the pcv hose from the intake and nothing was coming out. Shoved a zip tie in there and got it to flow a bit but I think the damage is done.

This guy doesn't know shit about a DC!

Nothing works on a ecotech short of replacing the pistons or a full rebuild if the bores scored 😢

And you go this procedure at every o/c?😮

It takes time to work

I like this. I’m going to do this when summer comes back around. I’m also going to do an oil catch can. 👍👍.

I really want to know how its assembled to the engine, and how it works? Because ive seen other videos and the port is in different spots? Like, couldn't i hook up something to suck out the junk from the pcm valve? Or is it a one way valve? And how big is it? I just am not fully understanding how it clears a clog without it being a bigger hole or hitting the pcm line, im assuming thats whats being cleared?

I have 22 and it recommends 89 octane. I average close to 15 mpg.

Maybe try selling a much larger home so you can see what you're doing (maybe with a borescope). Like maybe 3/8 inch. Then buy a nylon plug to thread into it just a little ways.

I am not finding the Amazon link to the vented oil cap. Can someone please provide that link?

Try Valvoline restore & protect

In our 2003 Saturn with a 2.2 ecotec the intake area under the throtle body was coated with oil on all the walls, don't know about the bottom. Where did get the smoke machine and how expensive was it. My 2003 Suburban has a small evap leak and that would be handy to have.

If I was to do that I think I would try to find a rubber plug that could be pushed into a slightly larger hole(to make finding that orifice hole easier and not have to deal with the JB weld and waiting for it to dry. I think you might be right about the screw cracking the plastic after repeated hot/cold cycles. Thanks for posting.

They do it like that because it's meant to break like everything else these days.

Where did you get that 10/32 flange nut and I’m finding it especially hard to find that screw with the tiny o ring and what is the different between a 10/32 and 1/4 are they the same thing help I’m new to this stuff but ik I can do it please help a meathead out

May have been mentioned but a sheet metal screw works for filling that hole.

There's a video where fellow had intake off and drill through the inside orifice to the outside. It then shows the outside location to drill if intake is still installed.

why not just stick the red spray straw over that wire that way you can spray carb cleaner right into and why not just apply JB weld on the underside of the nut and put nut directly over the hole instead of spreading it all over, looks kinda shoddy spreading it all over like that.

It worked perfectly on my 05 Cadillac srx it shifts like new good stuff. It's thick and kind of a pain getting it into a sealed gm transmission. 👍

please tell me. the same engine, increased gasoline consumption in the city. what could be the reason?

Thank you for the video) Please tell me, the case will not be damaged over time

Try some Lucas oil stabilizer.

I have a 2016 Equinox XLT 2WD with a 2.4L. I live in Florida never have to worry about frozen PVC valve condensation. I have no oil consumption issues and it has 78,000 miles on it. Today I followed your video instruction and the results were awesome. It took me a little while to get my wire to go in 1.75" in but when it did I pulled out and there was definitely some muck on it but it was broken up from the throttle body cleaner I sprayed in first. I put a screw in the hole as I live in Florida also. Whalaa.....no more blow by fumes. Thanks so much for such a precise video instruction. This makes me wonder about American engineering. Dealer could not give me a quote as to how much they charge to do this. Of course they would remove everything which would be a lot of labor charges. Anyway, thanks again! I will, at a later date put a flange nut and a set screw as you did.

I use a 3/16 air gun tip to verify the port is open.With the oil cap off air should be blowing out the fill hole.

How long did you wait to put on the 2nd coat? Did you use the gray scuff pads before applying the 2nd coat? I just finished my first coat and noticed a few spots I missed. Results were better than I expected though.

What about the holes that go to every piston, If those are clogged, that will not clean those out. There's holes that go all the way across that .

What pressure tester did you use

was hoping to see it work better mine started to slip a week ago has been getting wears every time I drive it

I Hava a 2022 ram 2500 with the same problem

Something else you can do, and it works just fine; enlarge the hole.

That was a huge improvement. Imagine if you had used it before your transmission was completely wrecked.

Thanks my my has this car 2012 equinox i put a new motor in becauce of the timming chain tenchiner arms fell apart ,timing chain skip and catastrophic failures

Anyone else get exaust smell in the cabin? Wonder if im too late to this trick or will this trick fix it?

Can someone tell me how to build a temporary bypass loop to get me by a few days 😊

Thanks for the video. More details than the rest

My GM truck the transmission suddenly started going sour fast. I knew the end was very near and no spare vehicle. Klunking shift and a loud clang if I'm coming to a stop fast. I tried 1 bottle of this. Nada. Second bottle and second day driving around it went noticeably better. Just long enough to arrange a rental and buy another vehicle. It muffles the sloppy worn parts noises and pushes the hydraulic pressure on the servos and clutches. My mechanic said he didn't think it was ridiculous to use it knowing that it's worn out. I think it's ideal for light wear like first signs not after the warning lights are full brightness like its screaming "Help help". Personally I would think if someone bought a used high mileage car to put 2 bottles worth + Synthetic fluid as there are no additives in Lucas.

My 2015 Equinox has had an OIL CATCH CAN installed but I drilled out the bottom and ran a hose to the ground (my bad). I also installed a vented oil cap. We are just over 100,000 miles and our Equinox isn't losing oil. We have an oil change coming up and I'm running SEAFOAM in the crankcase for a few 100 miles before that to penetrate the piston rings to clean them out a bit. We intend to run this car until it cannot run anymore. BTW - I removed the catch can bowl and you would not believe the absolute crap it is keeping out of the intake plenum. No wonder these PCV holes get plugged. One would almost wonder if this isn't a deliberate flaw engineered into these motors.

The only thing I can suggest is that you install an oil catch can on the PCV system. My son and I installed one on our 2013 GMC Terrain, 2.4ltr two years ago, and no sludge is found now. The catch can runs from the PCV Pipe coming from the engine to the Catch Can and out from the catch can into the PCV port on the throttle body cover. All the water and sludge will build up in the catch can and then you drain the sludge from the catch can. Nothing gets into the throttle body port. But, I have to say your idea of drilling a hole into the intake manifold is genius!! I think we are going to try this on our 2.4.

I don't know if anyone else has suggested this to you, but you should think about installing an Oil Catch Can to the PCV system. My son and I have gone through this routine with our 2013 GMC Terrain 2.4Lr engine. We added a catch can to ours about 2 years ago and we've had zero issues with Blowback in the PCV to Crankcase ventilation system. We didn't think about drilling a hole into the intake manifold. That is genius! I did however, drill the orifice out a little to make it bigger, but man I gotta tell ya, that is an awesome idea for cleaning that hole. Thank you for the video and installing the catch can is easy and cost about $32 from Amazon.

Great engine hack to clean the PCV. Will have to add that to mine. Thanks for the video!!

Lucky you hotter than hell here

How did this workout?