Hive's Opinion on GM's 2.5L LCV Engine?

Knurled. said:

In reply to Driven5 :

I can't think of one that does tolerate that.  Certainly nothing with direct injection will like it!

Not true. Our last DI Forte was perfectly fine at 7-8k oci's. 

ullwn said:

Is the 2.5 LCV engine the same bell pattern housings as the 2.4 LEA?

I have to change the engine on my 2015 Equinox,the engine is a 2.4 LEA. Equinox is AWD.

Located a 2.5 LCV from a 2020 Buick Envision with less than 6,000 miles on the engine. The Envision is FWD.

From what I have read online the 2.5 is much better. Trying to figure out if I could swap without too much modification.

Any advice or comment?

Thank you 

Joseph~

No, unfortunately they're quite different. I think you're stuck looking for another LEA, or having yours rebuilt. Sorry.

I have a video of the 2.5L LCV engine running in a 2018 Buick Envision, and it doesn't sound right to me. Is this engine supposed to sound like this?

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NWJIg0lIuLqYltKRobB4mfTUqFMvXn1v/view?usp=sharing