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Going to be doing the starter on my father in law's Colorado.
Because the put it where they did, you have to take the entire intake assembly off the engine to gain access.
You can almost see it through the wheel well, but you wouldn't be able to get to it without cutting.
The shop estimate for this job is $1,200. This looks like it might be a two-day job.
Ugh!
They took a lesson from BMW.Had to replace the starter on a 330Xi. Same deal except...half the car had to come apart to get the intake off. What a PITA!
ReplyDeleteI recently came into possession of a Colorado. My nearly 93 year old dad isn't supposed to be driving any more although he still has a valid driver's license for around another year. Anyway, I'm not looking forward to dealing with this should the starter decide to take a crap. Whoever designed the 2800 Vortec at least made the MAP and MAF sensors easy to get to. I replaced both of those before driving it 950 miles south. That got the check engine to turn off until just north of KC. When I got it home it was coding for both O2 sensors and the thermostat. Replacing those got the light off again, but I've been getting it intermittently in the past week. Unfortunately my ~2006 OBD2 scan tool decided it won't turn on anymore so I'll be off to Harbor Freight to get a new one today. Yesterday I put in a roll in bed liner and side rail and tailgate caps which went a long way towards hiding the ugly that my careless and sloppy sibling made by his ham handed loading and unloading procedures over the years. Also coming from the snowy and salted road north, I've had to do a fair amount of rust abatement underneath, and still need to get it onto a lift to finish that job. I've hid a lot of the ugly but I may end up buying some fender flares to cover over some spots on the rear fenders. I went to a junk yard which had another 2005 Colorado which had the alloy wheels on it, unfortunately it wasn't visible in the pics online that it had been hit in the rear and one of the wheels was missing. I ended up not buying the other 3, but may go back if I can find one that matches. A place in San Antonio has a 2007 Colorado with alloy wheels but it appears may have the same issue with one missing and the pattern of the wheels is just slightly different enough that I can't buy one of those to complete a set. I need to call the SA place to see if they have 4 matching. In the mean time I will mask off the tires and give a Rustoleum overhaul to the steelies before putting the wheel covers back on. If I can't find a set of alloy wheels I will probably get a new set of these cheap wheel covers as 3 of the 4 on there are beat to crap. Apparently either my dad or brother have a habit of curb checking or go ape with the hammer when putting them back on.
ReplyDeleteI got a new OBD2 code scanner yesterday. Little red Colorado is intermittently throwing two code P0455 and P0506. The first is probably the vapor canister purge solenoid. I bought a new one of those. The 2nd is apparently from what I find online due to a dirty throttle body. On many cars the P0506 is caused by a bad IAC valve or motor, but the parts desk tells me this 2800 Vortec doesn't have those. So I got a can of Throttle Body cleaner.
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