2007 Pontiac Solstice GXP Engine Pics
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Re: 2007 Pontiac Solstice GXP Engine Pics
Originally Posted by Gripenfelter
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Re: 2007 Pontiac Solstice GXP Engine Pics
are there threads on those fuel injectors? how do they keep compression?
is that a computer controlled thermostat or are they building the temperature sensor into the housing now?
is that a computer controlled thermostat or are they building the temperature sensor into the housing now?
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Re: 2007 Pontiac Solstice GXP Engine Pics
Originally Posted by slt
Anyone else hate these oil filters? For one, they cost like $10, even for a cheap fram one, and they're also a pain to get to. On the IRL and Cobalt SS, they put it under the supercharger. You have to take parts off the engine just to get to the oil filter
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Re: 2007 Pontiac Solstice GXP Engine Pics
On my wife's 4runner the filter is up top, but does not function like that whole cap/filter design. What is the stated advantage to that design and what the heck makes it more expensive? Seems like if anything it'd be less?
On my wife's 4runner they say it just makes it easier to get to - I dunno if it has any filtration or circulation benefits or not. I do know that it's really easy to remove... just reach in and grab it, and there's a 'catcher' built in where it screws in so as the oil exits (which isn't much since it's upside down) it 'catches' it and you just wipe it off with a rag.
Overall I'm not crazy about it but it seems to work OK
(under the bottom right corner of the engine cover - it's much more accessible by hand that it appears in that pic from that angle)
On my wife's 4runner they say it just makes it easier to get to - I dunno if it has any filtration or circulation benefits or not. I do know that it's really easy to remove... just reach in and grab it, and there's a 'catcher' built in where it screws in so as the oil exits (which isn't much since it's upside down) it 'catches' it and you just wipe it off with a rag.
Overall I'm not crazy about it but it seems to work OK
(under the bottom right corner of the engine cover - it's much more accessible by hand that it appears in that pic from that angle)
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Re: 2007 Pontiac Solstice GXP Engine Pics
Originally Posted by Threxx
On my wife's 4runner the filter is up top, but does not function like that whole cap/filter design. What is the stated advantage to that design and what the heck makes it more expensive? Seems like if anything it'd be less?
On my wife's 4runner they say it just makes it easier to get to - I dunno if it has any filtration or circulation benefits or not. I do know that it's really easy to remove... just reach in and grab it, and there's a 'catcher' built in where it screws in so as the oil exits (which isn't much since it's upside down) it 'catches' it and you just wipe it off with a rag.
Overall I'm not crazy about it but it seems to work OK
(under the bottom right corner of the engine cover - it's much more accessible by hand that it appears in that pic from that angle)
On my wife's 4runner they say it just makes it easier to get to - I dunno if it has any filtration or circulation benefits or not. I do know that it's really easy to remove... just reach in and grab it, and there's a 'catcher' built in where it screws in so as the oil exits (which isn't much since it's upside down) it 'catches' it and you just wipe it off with a rag.
Overall I'm not crazy about it but it seems to work OK
(under the bottom right corner of the engine cover - it's much more accessible by hand that it appears in that pic from that angle)
. Also look you can actually see extra space in the engine bay! That is hard to come by real estate these days.
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Re: 2007 Pontiac Solstice GXP Engine Pics
Originally Posted by 91_z28_4me
That does look really easy to get to . Also look you can actually see extra space in the engine bay! That is hard to come by real estate these days.
. Also look you can actually see extra space in the engine bay! That is hard to come by real estate these days.The other side is just as wide open
http://www.threxx.com/car/4Runner/small/DSC00937.JPG
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Re: 2007 Pontiac Solstice GXP Engine Pics
Originally Posted by slt
Anyone else hate these oil filters? For one, they cost like $10, even for a cheap fram one, and they're also a pain to get to. On the IRL and Cobalt SS, they put it under the supercharger. You have to take parts off the engine just to get to the oil filter
