auctionjeff

There is a great video on Youtube which shows how to take engine AND transaxle out the top .

It is by  "33therfan"   and is really great  ... BUT      

I want to use this technique but only pull the engine. Has anyone done this ?

Any tips ?

Thanks much, Jeff

220K miles. Oil and coolant always good. The engine makes a noise which I can only describe as sounding like a collapsed hydraulic lifter ( even though this engine does not have hyd lifters) . I changed oil and filter immediately, but sound still there...

Tried to isolate with stethoscope and seems louder on upper front bank in the middle of valve cover ( not where VCT solenoid is).

I thought maybe LOW oil pressure so I installed a manual gauge in the oil pressure switch port and was very surprised by the high reading. Honestly i will not run the engine long enough to get up to Normal Op Temp as I am thinking it may do more damage.

I am close to diving into the front cover but don't want to miss anything much simpler as that looks to be a very complex job.

Thanks much for your reply.

I have a 2010 Edge SEL and last week the front side valve train got very noisy . (Sounds like an older car with a collapsed lifter)

Changed oil and filter. No luck. Removed Oil low pressure sensor and installed an oil gauge. I am reading 90-100 psi !!! 

Yikes. Is this an oil pump failure or something else ? 

Any suggestions welcomed. 

Thanks, Jeff