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Those who have personally encountered the replacement of the sway bar bushing in the Hyundai Tucson, know that this is not an easy job. Rear sway bar bushings are changed elementary literally in 15 minutes. With the front a little more complicated, but no problems will not arise if you do everything correctly.
Valve clearance hydraulic tappet does all the dirty work for us to adjust the clearance between the valve and the camshaft (pusher, rocker). Nevertheless, with a careless attitude to the engine, the sound of hydraulic lifters can really ruin your mood and throw up problems. Is it possible to ride on knocking pushers, how to get rid of knocking, and what to do to increase the resource, repair or buy hydraulic lifters, we will consider these subtleties right now.
The 140-horsepower 2.0-liter J20A Suzuki Grand Vitara JB series engine was installed on the car until 2015. High oil consumption is considered one of the disadvantages of this engine, although often the burning of oil is the fault of the driver. If the engine mileage is just over 100,000 km, there is a chance to eliminate high oil consumption without major repairs.
The family of 1.4-liter engines (BXW) used by the VAG alliance, including the second-generation Skoda Fabia, is considered quite reliable. Some managed to go through them to overhaul up to 350 thousand. However, this does not negate the systematic maintenance of the engine. Including timely replacement of the Skoda Fabia timing kit.
Old Volkswagen Golf 4 generations were going to 2006. They set about a dozen different engines with a good set of gearboxes. In particular, 16-valve motors 1.4 and 1.6 liters of different series show themselves as reliable and hardy aggregates with small problems. One of them is a broken or worn EGR valve that causes an fault code Р0401 (16786).
Suzuki Grand Vitara cars with 1,6-liter M16A engines and 2-liter J20A are deservedly considered one of the most reliable and durable. Small troubles, such as the thermostat breakdowns and some other problems in the cooling system, are easily corrected. How to change the thermostat to Suzuki Grand Vitara 1.6- and 2.0 l, which is better to put and all the subtleties of the replacement will find out right now.
The exhaust system of a modern car is a complex set of devices serving not only to divert gases and reduce noise levels, but also to control the correct operation of the engine. The task of the catalytic converter is to prevent harmful substances from entering the atmosphere. If the code P0420, which deciphers as "the efficiency of the catalytic converter system is below the threshold level" occurs, it indicates a poor capacity of the catalytic converter.
