2005 Aveo 5-spd sedan - timing belt broke - being repaired

[Daox]

Well, with a little digging around I think I've found where my mystery lines go.

The one on the throttle body appears to go to the coolant reservoir over by the battery.

The larger breather from the valve cover goes... down somewhere. I'm guessing those hoses are still on the car in the engine bay. I'll have to make sure of that.

[thehunterooo]

where did that valve cover come from, did you make that or something?

[Daox]

Its just a pic I found online.

[Daox]

Got some more time to work on the Aveo last night. I took care of a few things with the engine before it could be dropped in.

I started out separating the power steering pump from this bracket. BTW, huuuge pain in the butt considering there were only two nuts to remove. Someone outta shoot the guy who put a SLOT IN THE THROUGH HOLE. There was tons of junk in there which made pulling it apart a 1hr job. Had there been no slot this would have been a 2 minute job.





After that, I got the engine up in the air.




And then I forgot that I had to put the tranny on it, so I did that. Would have been much easier on the ground, but oh well.




The first time I went to drop it in it wouldn't go. The intake manifold needed to be removed. I also removed the front side bracket for the power steering & A/C for extra clearance.




That made it drop right in! However, I couldn't get it mounted up to the engine mounts because I had forgotten about the drive shafts. To get the engine out I had to jack the car up, loosen the ball joints and pull the wheels outward. So, I'm going to have to do that again to get the engine to drop all the way down. That is the project for this morning.

[Daox]

That did the trick, the engine is in the car. Hurray for a totally stock Aveo. (ok, except my awesome hitch)

There is still got lots of stuff to hook up, and I still have to fix that one connector. But, I'm headed out of town for a couple days. It'll have to wait.

[MetroMPG]

Woohoo!

Also, I think you should paint "5 6 7 8" on the other camshaft cover. Keep people guessing.

[AveoSwagg09]

just try to make sure the questions weren't already asked somewhere else really.

[Daox]

Hooked up most of the wire harness tonight.

I still don't know where that large port on the valve cover hooks up to though. If someone could snap a pic of their engine or just describe where it goes that would be pretty handy.

[thehunterooo]

Woohoo!

Also, I think you should paint "5 6 7 8" on the other camshaft cover. Keep people guessing.

you will make red confused again :P

[serega12]

are you planning on relocating the battery to the trunk for a "more 50/50 weight distribution"