Cheerleading

Also, don't put a motor designed to be transversely mounted into a rear-wheel drive car.

Provided moral support for JT's R&R of the thermostat in his Caddy CTS.

The 3.6 V-6 in that thing was designed by a committee of engineers and obviously intended it to be mounted sideways.

How can we tell?

Because there's too many things on the back of the thing you need to get too that are a pain to access because there's a cowl and firewall right there instead of a big open space over the trans bellhousing.

This job would have taken an hour, tops, in a FWD car because he wouldn't have had to yank the intake and move a dozen wiring harnesses and vacuum lines.

Because it would be right there on the right side of the engine compartment.

We checked.

The coolant refill procedure is simple, but nervewracking to me.  We know 2-gallons came out when we drained it and only 3/4 of a gallon went back in.  Start it up and rev it for a while...  It just feels wrong to wring on it when we know the system isn't full.

The upper and lower hoses showed no pressure or heat until the fans kicked into high speed.  Then just a little warmth on the upper.

Shutting it off and milking the radiator hoses finally popped the bubble and the overflow emptied into the radiator.

Lather, rinse, repeat.

Done!