Glad to hear it man! I need to do more stuff like this for the channel

Good to hear and glad to help!

You're more than welcome! Glad to help!

Glad to help man, I'm no better than the next guy, but have done literally thousands of these!! Best of luck to ya!

Thanks man! Appreciate ya watching

I believe so, yes

Thanks for the question man. So, a byproduct of combustion is carbon, and the carbon can build up on the throttle plate and back of the valves. Depending on which engine you have, turbo or non turbo direct injection, cleaning that every so often isn't a bad idea. You can get a can of throttle body cleaner and take the air boot off, spray some of that on a rag and wipe it out fairly easy. Also, a ton of fuel additives are just kerosene and hardly do anything. However, Chevron Techron works. It's the same additive that's put into fuel at the refinery to help it clean valves and injectors. Adding that to your tank every 3 to 4 months or say 12k miles definitely does just as good as a dealers injection clean. Amsoil also makes something called "power foam" you can buy and gently spray in a vacuum line while the engine is running and it works fantastic. I spent my whole career in dealers, they, for the most part are all about the scare tactics of making money. Shoot me the year of your HRV and which engine you have and I'll look up how hard or easy it is to clean the throttle bore. Sticker on the bottom of the hood should tell the engine family.

Hey Michael, thanks for watching and reaching out. I believe in the video I talked about using screwdrivers gently inserted between the cam and head to hold them. There are, I believe, 21mm hex areas molded into the cams that you can use to rotate the cams gently. Don't turn them too far or forcefully just back to get them aligned. Best of luck to you

Possibly can replace the key and balancer or file it back into shape with a fine metal flat file

I just did the exact same thing how did you end up correcting it?

@@davidaston8029 you can actually get it out only after taking off both sprockets on the crank. Use a gear puller for those sprockets. Don’t bother trying to pry them off like I did.

Unfortunately a ton of stuff on Amazon is a clone of the real thing. I thought cloyes was made here as well

You can push the valve down with a couple screw drivers and get the rocker out, but I'm thinking the cams have to come out to get the lifter out

@PSBEadventures I've taken the timing chain cover off and will be using a cam sprocket retainer with a piece ill make to hold the sprockets up and tight. Then I'll remove the cam bolts and free the cam shaft. I've already made my marks on the chain links and cam shafts. Ill do one side at a time. 🙂 wish me luck.

@@JCGible best of luck to ya!!!

@@JCGible were you able to do the lifters/lash adjusters?

@HhHh-vi9bq I did. I ended up replacing them all with gm parts. I removed the timing chain cover and loosened the middle timing chain guide. I also removed the timing chain tensioner. I marked the sprockets and chains as well as the camshaft so I could make sure the timing stayed the same. I did one camshaft at a time. Starting with removing the vvt sprocket and then shaft caps. I separated the two carefully. I used some assembly grease, dryed the bolts, and torqued them down. I watch a few videos. Took my time. Kept everything clean. Thanks to all the people who shared their videos. 🙂 It is an involved type of job, so be prepared to take at least two or three days. A small piece of plywood and a floor jack is used to hold the engine up as you remove the passenger side motor mount. Best wishes to any DIY mechanic who chose to do this.

The position of the cams are the only thing that controls what stroke its on. The piston is simply up or down. If those marks all line up as we mention in the video that's all that matters. The sprockets are keyed to the cams so if you line up the marks, there is no way to get it wrong

@@PSBEadventures my Manuel says time at TDC on the exhaust stroke. No the compression stroke.. I know that TDC is with #1 cylinder at TDC and the mark on the sprocket is at 12 and the marks on the cams are at 11 &2 … I’m just confused if there is such a thing as on the exhaust stroke

@nextdoorpowerwashing8340 follow that video to the tee and sling that manual in the woods. Exhaust stroke just means the exhaust valves are open as the piston is traveling upwards. Don't over think it and follow that video. I wouldn't steer ya wrong man. I will say if you get it way out of whack, you'll want to be careful and not force anything. It doesn't take much to bend valves in this engine.

Hmmmm, using loctite?

Ya I have been thinking of that just a day ago will do man thanks for texting me,have blessed day 🙏

@@johnbrooks2122 same to you. I've always kinda hammered them down with a 3/8 battery impact and never had too much of an issue. 242 loctite is what we usually use. Good luck to ya!

Hey! Thanks for the message. If you are referring to the colored chain links, then yes, that's 100% normal. You'd have to turn it maybe 100 times before it ever came back around or more.

@@PSBEadventures OK, thanks!! Is there a way to double check that it is properly timed after it is all back together? Or is it "set it and cross your fingers" type thing....Sorry, but I am ADHD type person that triple checks things before I feel good about everything..ha

@noneyabiz8225 yeah, if you had the colored links correct, and the tensioner set, she's ready! Can't be wrong like that. If the crank key is at 12, the cam marks should be at 11 and 1 or so I think.

I had the same question!!!!! After installing my timing chain and double/triple checking all three timing marks it was good. However I've now rotated the engine multiple times to see if the timing marks would line back up with the links on the chain. It really had me worried thinking I messed up the timing. The engine rotates fine and there's no interference between the valves and pistons, I'm guessing the engine would hard stop if you were spinning it by hand and you'd feel it. @PSBEadventures Thanks for the video