lalondem_98 Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago (edited) Having a V6 3.5 liters in your Edge you will be faced with a water pump malfunction sooner than later...I would say by 150000 miles at the most....if you are a good amateur mechanic (you have patience, attention to detail and dexterity) it is an "easy" job to do with leaving the engine in car. There are plenty of youtube videos on it. Here are my pointers: - The power steering pump can be removed by unbolting its 3 bolts without doing a subframe unbolting....you need medium hands at the most and lots of patience and be able to work by feel, blindly. There is a video on that on youtube. - Having a good jack with a piece of wood under the oil pan....you have to lower the engine to remove a long bolt...a jack that would allow to make very slow lowering is reassuring in order to not let the engine lower fast and put pressure of the other engine mounts or have the ac compressor hits the frame. - Removing the fender helps when you are leaning to handle parts in the front engine area. Removing the power steering reservoir as well as the coolant and windshield fluid reservoirs helps for space when handling the timing chain cover removal and install (named also front engine cover). - Be attentive to the timing with the RH cam dot at 11 o'clock, the LH cam dot at 1 o'clock and the crankshaft dot at 4 o'clock. One trick I did to re-assure me was to pause a video where the timing was said to be correct and take picture of the camshafts and compare cams position with mine. Also make sure cylinder #1 was at TDC by sticking a long shaft in the spark plug hole and rotating the crankshaft. Have a camshaft locking tool to have peace of mind that camshafts are not moving once the timing chains are being removed and while they are removed. - It is a no-brainer to change everything while you are at it: timing chains, tensioners, chain guides, even oil pump. A high volume oil pump is probably not a bad idea. I did not go as far as phasers except for their bolts. Edited 1 hour ago by lalondem_98 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garycrist Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago An old trick was to paint the link or tooth at each timing mark. Now you know how many links/teeth between cam marks ( used to have to align the distributor/oil pump also)and pre-mark the new chain/belt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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