ECOTEC 2.2l engine

[ryanbatc]

Bought a chevy cav 2004. Yeah, prolly the worst safety rating for front side impacts...but the ECOTEC engine was succesful in the Saturn, so now GM is mass producing it and sticking it in chevy cavs and now of course the Cobalt...Is this engine decent? or will it crap out like my fiancee's last grand am GT's 2.4 DOHC did?
Thanks

 

[MikeMike]

very reliable engine.

very very very reliable.

cavalier, cobalt, sky, solstice, and i think a few other cars have it.

MIKE

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

So you bought the car, and now you ask?

 

[ryanbatc]

Lol...of course we bought it and then ask questions..thats the poor college student way right? edit: argh forgot to ask. Anyone know if its possible to put a block heater in? We live in darn North dakota frozen tundra, aka grand forks, and its freeeezin here a lot

 

[NutBucket]

Suppose to be an awesome 4 banger. Probably the only good thing about your car besides the low price.

 

[ryanbatc]

So thats a no to the block heater then?

 

[Apex]

It's a very good all-around powerplant.

 

[ryanbatc]

So thats still a Nogo with the block heater than anyone?

 

[redly]

Originally posted by: ryanbatc
So thats a no to the block heater then?

Out of curiousity, I looked at napa, autozone, and acdelco's websites...no leads
you might try calling your friendly chevrolet dealer's parts dept

 

[ryanbatc]

Yeah, but tis midnight here, (whoops time goes fast, almost 1cst), ill try callin tommorow thanks