Re: V6 Liner O-ring

[Richard Welty <rwelty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 01:38 PM 9/17/98 -0400, Colin Verrilli wrote:
>> While cleaning the piston tops of my 2.5L V6 I found that one of the liners
>> had worked, jumped, up a 1/8" to 1/4" and was rotating pretty easily. Am I
>> correct that I should replace the lower liner to block o-ring ? If so can I
>> replace it from the top, that is, NOT pulling the oil pans and rod stuff?

>3. You could pull the liner out without removing the pan and piston, but I
would
>   think that getting it back in over the rings would be almost impossible.
>4. I don't think that you can unbolt all the con rods without removing the
>   upper oil pan (could be wrong, but I didn't see a way to do it). Some of
>   the con rods can be unbolted by just removing the lower pan (1,2,4,5 ?)

which piston? you can do the front 4 from below, without removing the upper
oil pan section, but not the back 2 (in other words, pistons 1,2,4, and 5
can be done without pulling the motor from the car).

richard
  (been there, done that)

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