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Easiest modern car to work on?; Geo is about it but what else?
Topic Started: Sep 11 2014, 03:10 PM (1,103 Views)
cwatkin


By modern car, I mean something with fuel injection, computer controlled ignition, and an oxygen sensor. I guess this would be OBDI or newer.

Anyway, what is the easiest you have found to work on. For me it is definitely my Geo Metros. I know some of the later model carb stuff was a nightmare of vacuum lines and such. I would take any fuel injection system for simplicity and reliability over that mess.

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Rondawg
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I would have to say any pickup truck.Front engine rear wheel drive, plenty of room to get at stuff etc.
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TimmyD
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Rondawg
Sep 11 2014, 04:23 PM
I would have to say any pickup truck.Front engine rear wheel drive, plenty of room to get at stuff etc.
...ditto....of course the newest car I have is the wife's PITA '03 Fucus.
My '02 Dakota (3.9 V6 Magnum) is a breeze to wrench on.
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Rondawg
Sep 11 2014, 04:23 PM
I would have to say any pickup truck.Front engine rear wheel drive, plenty of room to get at stuff etc.
I would say any 4 cylinder RWD pickup. V8s can be a pain, depending on what you have to do.
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Chevy avalanche is not half bad. Did a transmission on it and it was not great but not bad. Did a water pump and it was not good but not bad....it's ok
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vr4


Its all relative.

I find a 3000gt easy.
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Nissan Leaf?
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nathan298
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My Mazda 2 was very simple and easy to work on. Probably the easiest to work on of all the cars I've seen that are still being produced.
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vr4
Sep 11 2014, 05:21 PM
Its all relative.

I find a 3000gt easy.
Did the spark plug in one... what a pain...
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Tough one. I'd have to agree that RWD pickups have been easiest for me. Like today, I got a '94 Ranger in my shop. Work order said clutch replacement, which made me groan. But surprisingly, I had the tranny out and on the floor in only a half-hour. There's nothing left of the clutch. I mean NOTHING. What looked like a wad of black grass in the bellhousing is actually clutch fibers. That's it. And the flywheel's cracked. Ka-ching, more money for me.
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Can't get much easier than any old Ford truck with a 300 straight-6. Not that they ever need much work!

I think lots of cars are pretty easy to work on once you pull all the plastic covers and shit off the motors. I just changed the valve cover gasket and spark plugs on my '02 BMW 325i...that's a 2.5L DOHC straight-6 for those of you unfamiliar with them. Once I got all the plastic off the engine it was pretty simple.

The filter housing for the climate control system is attached to the firewall right above the rear of the motor, which normally would make accessing the back of the engine a nightmare. But they made the filter housing detachable. Take four little T30 bolts out, remove the housing, and you can get to the entire top of the engine. Did the plugs while I was in there, too.

Nice design! Way to go, Heinrich! :thumb

I also did the radiator in my brother's X5, and it was pretty simple, too. Remove all the slabs of plastic and sometimes things aren't so bad.
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Freeman
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OBD1 you say? Honda Civic. 4 cylinder and front wheel drive. Everything is accessible from the engine bay. My 89 was original OBD0 (fuel injection, computer controlled ignition, O2 sensor), does that count? Basically any Honda since 1988 has been 'modern'. The interchangeability is immense too. You can get parts from pretty much any similar vintage Honda and they will work.
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Andrew

Not all trucks are created easy to work on. The full size ones sure, plenty of room to get at everything. But I have owned more than one V6 Ford Ranger and more than one V6 S10 Truck/Blazer, from 1988 models to 1997, the things the engineers have done to those things to cram the V6s under the hoods of the small trucks makes you want to cry :'( :die

I love compact trucks though so I pay the toll :deal
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My 2011 Chevy Cruze Eco has been easy to work on.

I regapped all 4 spark plugs.

The water pump started leaking, but that was replaced under the manufacture warranty. I would have done it myself otherwise. Not a particularly easy task, but doable. One of the engine mounts needs to be removed.

I changed the tranny oil with Pennzoil Synchromesh.

I adjusted the rear brake drums.

Changing oil was easy as well. Need to be careful not to spill as the filter accessible from above near the turbo & also the aero tray can hold oil if spilled.

Overall there have been some issues, but nothing an amateur mechanic can't handle. The engine bay is real easy to maneuver around in.
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Old Man


For the owner the easiest to work on is without question any newer car that is still under 100% warrenty. ------- little bit of description when you drop it off at the dealer, little bit of argument when you pick it up.
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