HHR 2.2 - 2.4 Ecotec Whining / Whistling Engine Noise Solved! Oil cap and Dipstick Sucking Air! PCV?

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In this video, we have a 2008 Chevy HHR with a whining / whistling noise coming from the engine. Follow along while we diagnose and fix the issue! Let's get to it!

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@toshasabir9609 Жыл бұрын

This is the first and only video I found where it’s the exact sound I’m hearing. Although mines is only when I turn on the AC/heater. Thank you so much

@orbitm935 Ай бұрын

GIRL I BE LOOKING FOREVER!!! FOR WEEKS

@travisstrasel7688 2 жыл бұрын

Another thing to check that's similar to this is make sure to check your trans fluid level. My car had a very similar sound and ended up just being low on trans fluid. Mine sounded like a whiny power steering pump even though these have electronic steering. Just another thought to check.

@justinmeyerink4260 Жыл бұрын

What did the car do when driving would it not go into gear an just rev on the spot aswell ?

@markcovington8159 10 ай бұрын

How do you check the transmission fluid level on a 2008 Chevy HHR?😀

@Xylogor 7 ай бұрын

@@markcovington8159 lol you take it to a shop or drain it and measure it haha. Damned sealed system -_-

@orbitm935 Ай бұрын

There is a special place in heaven for you

@ChadWilliamsFixesAll Жыл бұрын

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@hardkore360 2 жыл бұрын

thanks for the upload!

@lloydholland6475 8 ай бұрын

Thanks I like this , it all helps . Great help

@GadGetHackss Жыл бұрын

For me, this exact noise was also caused by a cheap filter and the wrong oil viscosity which the previous owner had used. I used engine flush and replaced the filter with an OEM one and the noise was gone.

@trickheaddd 7 ай бұрын

As someone who maintained mine for almost 13 years and got it with 53k and just passed 126k this morning the more I’m looking into these and doing more work myself they just seem to get filthy inside of the motor . I did only use conventional for the first ten years and synthetic for the last 3 . Also I did work only a mile away from home for like 10 of those 13 years so they were short runs which did not help but now am using it to ride back and forth from NY to SC twice a month and it’s doing great. I recently replaced the valve covers and spark plugs , changed fluids and filters except fuel since it is inside of the tank I may add an inline though that I can screws easily now that I’m thinking about that . I cleaned throttle body and MAF btw took bottle body a full week to correct itself after it was idling super high until I put it into D . I tried to clean the top part of the valve cover and the cams on the inside but without much success as I was too worried I’d break something . I’ve been researching and unless someone wants to spend about $400 for dynamic flush kit then flushing after adding about 20 % ATF then 4 qts oil after changing oil and filter then run it with the ATF inside for about 25 mins at idle and then change the oil again and me personally im going to add the BG oil change system the MOA the 44k the the EPR the fuel treatment flush that they give you if you bought the flush kit and then save $340 . I think it will end up working just as good too. I would make a video but there are so many on YT as it is and I don’t think I’d contribute anything new. Except perhaps other than maybe the idea of using the BG stuff that comes in the kit except for the flush itself and flush oil I’m doing the exact same thing except with ATF fluid . Sorry for the rant but I just think these engines run dirty no matter what the owner does like in the video how he said the owner didn’t maintain it well it looked like . I could almost guarantee that motor never missed an oil change . The ones. Who didn’t change their oil ended up in the junkyard already imo .

@Dnasty1 Жыл бұрын

Great vid. I am having somewhat of a similar issue on my 2010 e class benz. It makes a whistle sort of noise that I think is coming from the front of the intake. When I spray the manifold front with brake cleaner the noise stops. So I am assuming it is sucking air in maybe through a leak or a hose? But when I releave pressure the noise does not go away. When I take the oil cap off I can see little specks of oil kind of flick out. Is there a leak on my intake manifold? I think also oil is coming out through my cap as I constantly see oil around the cap and dry oil on the top of my underhood. The last cap cracked as well. Could a leaking intake manifold cause all of this or is there pressure being cause from something else?

@boosted2.4_sky Жыл бұрын

This was my problem..Girdled LEA (2.4) block.. i pulled off one of my lines running to the catch can and popped a mesh filter on the intake manifold nipple... problem solved..👍

@LadyMistborn 3 ай бұрын

I've got one that sounds almost like this but not quite as whistly, I was honestly thinking it was the timing chain rubbing the guides tbh, but Im gonna test this for sure lol

@marionitu9070 9 ай бұрын

I have a bmw series 3 2018 , bought it couple of months back done all the service on it , the car has no problems at all, absolutely great car and running incredibly, recently i kept hearing a very little whistle noise coming from under the hood, check it out myself everything was fine, what could it be? And should i worry? Thanks

@robinlugosi3961 Жыл бұрын

Did it have to do with the oil ?

@imthdj2u 2 ай бұрын

thank you ......all i can say i was stumped

@vash9199 Жыл бұрын

Does the noise get louder with rpm?

@KelderQueiroz 4 ай бұрын

when you turn off the engine, the whistling remains for a few seconds? i have the same problem on a equinox 2.0 LTG 2018, and dont know what to do anymore 😢

@efrenbarrera991 10 ай бұрын

i did pistons and chains in one and ended up with that problem go figure👍

@JCGible 10 ай бұрын

👍

@coreycarlson9730 Жыл бұрын

Crank seal causes this on my2.4l equinox

@appalachiansheds2898 Жыл бұрын

Its not the same the intake on my 2010 2.4 has a small orfice where yours has a big hile mine never made that noise until i cleaned all the orifices out i even drilled my valve cover like the new upgraded valve cover now only problem is the squealing with dipstick all the way in im gonna try a new intake and hope it fixes

@jordanjustice6392 Жыл бұрын

Same here, I drilled the small hole out in the intake for a 1/8" as suggested in some videos and cleaned it out very well. I had also just installed the timing and Ballance shaft chains. I thought the noise was due to the main seal or the Ballance shaft tensioner putting the water pump in a bind. But when I pull the oil cap or dip stick the noise goes away. I even bought a baffle oil cap to see if that fixed it. It didn't. So I pulled the timing cover off and checked everything, still making the noise. So I guess next I will replace the intake. Did that fix your issue? Mine only happens at operating temperature.

@coreycarlson9730 Жыл бұрын

Crank seal also does this. There's a tsb

@stevemedina6880 Жыл бұрын

@@jordanjustice6392 Any updates? Mine is doing the same things as yours.

@truetalker1017 9 ай бұрын

Today my brother grabbed a hose the part is a mystery. When he moved the hose the sound stopped only to start again when he let go. 98 Firebid V6 3.8L. Some say it's MAF sensor some say Vac sensor. Mine is located to of engine on passenger side top of intake with a light whistle. Will post once figure it out. Cheers til then!!

@appalachiansheds2898 8 ай бұрын

@@jordanjustice6392 sorry i just seen this its been a while back but yes the new intake fixed the issue i guess i had drilled it out to big

@donshilo2024 Жыл бұрын

Mine started doing the noise after i put in a bottle of blue devi oil leak repair!

@davidsanderson9772 11 ай бұрын

Were you able to correct the problem?

@veedamachine1 2 жыл бұрын

What is the part that you remove

@ChadWilliamsFixesAll 2 жыл бұрын

That part is the intake manifold.

@mmcgehee7023 Ай бұрын

@@ChadWilliamsFixesAllWhere is the link for the part you mentioned?

@r.i.p.teevee1424 Жыл бұрын

Maybe they didn't change the filter when they did the oil change

@AeChittakone Жыл бұрын

sad to say, some shady shop will charge people for parts and not change it, that's why I do minor maintenance myself, only major repair does my car go into a shop

@joegarcia3214 2 жыл бұрын

Is the pcv valve gone?

@robertmonaco5720 Жыл бұрын

Looks like it

@boosted2.4_sky Жыл бұрын

There's no PCV valve on Ecotecs

@joegarcia3214 Жыл бұрын

@@boosted2.4_sky I have the lnf ecotec. I had to remove the intake manifold to replace the clogged pvc valve. Then I bought turbo tech racing kit that allows service without removing intake manifold.

@boosted2.4_sky Жыл бұрын

@@joegarcia3214 It's not a PCV valve.... It's a vacuum port...👍