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I own an 07 Cobalt 2.2 LS, I do my own work on it, from rebuilding the engine to the coolant and fuel and brake systems, the easiest way to get anything front of that beam (fan, radiator, AC condenser) is to pull the 4 push pins above the grille, the couple 7mm bolts/push clips around the bumper, and pull the bumper/grille piece off together, set them aside and you have all that space to do anything up front, and not mess up the bumper leaning over it. Just so you know for these specific cars (2.2 cobalts) you shouldn’t have to discharge refrigerant for anything other than AC system work itself. I have basically rebuilt every major system on my car and haven’t touched the AC (even removing the head to change head gasket and replace everything in the head), funny enough the AC was the only thing on my car that worked right when I bought it 🤦🏻♂️😂 Just giving some tips to make it a lil easier next time you work on one of these! 🤙🏻
I got every drive apater known to man and I got doubles in chrome and impact grade they da bomb
flush with acetone?
Snap on FZ1 $32.50
Like Ray always says…. "I like my job so I do it twice"…. I make it as hard as I can no easy short cut's…. 🙂
Haven’t seen that car or engine in a long while. Use to rent cars all the time it was always that or the Pontiac version such junk
i am not sure if you have the extended reach hose clamp tool but on amazon there are some 24" lovg reach hose clamp tools. on the cobalt it may have helped. Sincerely Joe from upstae ny
Keep up the great work
Is that a single barrel carb?
It's easier to remove the fan by removing the front bumper cover
Just another quality design by quality engineers. They have so much to answer for. They didn't spend time as mechanics before designing.
That stuff looks like a new year hangover barf after eating spicy chicken wings and ranch sauce.
This my friends is the reason I will not buy American 4 cylinder junk
when removing the fan housing try two sheets of flexible plastic on both sides
Engineers are special, aren't they? Designing products that are a nightmare to dismantle. Mechanics enemies.
But now I wanna know what causes it to fail and what can be done to avoid that type of failure
This cobalt's milkshake brings all the mechanics to the yard.
I see you had gotten yourself a new AC machine after that other AC machine did you wrong and didn't evac the whole system and all that freon sprayed in your face.
I say no to specialty tool and make the engineers who designed the config to work on them themselves. See how quick they make a design mech friendly.
I hate your sophomoric dialogue. You're NOT funny. I'd watch more if you would just go straight to the point. Stop the bullshit.
Can’t get to anything anymore and these new pieces of crap plastic everything garbage you do amazing stuff bro
We love seeing you keep the shit box is on the road keep it up bro
Hi Ray,
About a month ago I sent you an email with a Transmission flush machine and a few other things… I'm not too far from you…
I did this exact same repair on my old 2004 cavalier. Also went through about 20 qts of fluid and replaced radiator. Car ran okay fer about 6 months, but the trans eventually died. I guess too much contamination inside the trans. Hopefully you get better luck.
Sometimes you just need an extra hand. 😄🤚. Nice you have the wife unit👍👍
Jack up the front end if the lift not available to drop it our.
Alldata
Whomever invented that "peanut" AC fitting should be taken out back and flogged by every single damn AC hose that failed at that point.
Late ,sorry . Hope your family and you had a merry Christmas
Happy news year too
One comment, why do you open the AC system while the ac machine is still recovering refrigerant!!!? You tank is now contaminated with air.
As always, thx for the content. I enjoy this. Keep it up Ray.
I believe it maybe a short term solution. The owner should look for a new vehicle right away.
did I miss the introduction ….. is this a 'flooded' car …. how has this been/ got so mixed up … found it in the previous video
Ray, sometimes I don't have to time to watch every video but I do give you a like on every one. I hope that helps you in some way. Merry Christmas!
Great cost cutting measure by Chevrolet not to have separate radiators for the transmission and coolant. Not cost cutting for this customer though
Love your videos Ray. This one in particular, since you had to work under the car with a jack like most of us DIY's, felt more like something we would be doing. (Sans the nice A/C unit to process the A/C system)
Shall we call the wife Mrs R?
Sitting here hollering in my head put the fan on the radiator before you install it. 😉
I miss manual transmissions. Compared to automatics, they are simple, almost maintenance-free, and they easily last through the life of the vehicle. Much of Europe still drives manual cars.
Definitely makes me not want to be a mechanic.
By the way make a shirt or mug that says "I love my job so much I do it twiced"..spelled just like that 😆
I hope that you had a very happy Christmas with your family, I am looking forward to watching how the BG machine does on the fluid exchange.
This reminds me how much I hated working on limited space cars before I lost eyesight in my left eye. What a fruitful reminder that I hate the cobalt even though I'm not working on it 😆
Is there a bumble bee buzzing around the microphone or something . What is that noise
Seems an awkward horrible designed car this one.
Might want to sell them some tires too. Those are right on the wear bars.