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daneli
Last month we purchased a (new) 2010 cx-9. My wife and I are really enjoying the car. The first "accessory" I purchased was the factory service manual. It is the biggest factory manual I've ever seen. The shipping weight was 13 pounds - it arrived as a 6 inch thick stack of unbound pages - over 2200 pages in all!
Looking over some of the procedures in the "Engine" section has me a bit worried. The procedures for replacing the timing chain, adjusting the valves, replacing the head gasket and replacing the water pump all list "remove engine and transaxle component" as part of the process. (Even removing the alternator requires draining the engine coolant.) What gives? Is the engine really so tightly shoehorned into place? I know that factory workshop procedures can be conservative and that enterprising mechanics sometimes find innovative ways around the longer factory procedures. If not, these would be some really expensive repairs!
Looking over some of the procedures in the "Engine" section has me a bit worried. The procedures for replacing the timing chain, adjusting the valves, replacing the head gasket and replacing the water pump all list "remove engine and transaxle component" as part of the process. (Even removing the alternator requires draining the engine coolant.) What gives? Is the engine really so tightly shoehorned into place? I know that factory workshop procedures can be conservative and that enterprising mechanics sometimes find innovative ways around the longer factory procedures. If not, these would be some really expensive repairs!