johnjw

Like the title says? I bought a 96 4dr EX with a seized motor(rod bearing cap fell off and wedged below piston and top of crank) and could not source another D16Y8 so I purchased a sohc zc. What a pain in the ***! In order to make the crank sensor work I needed to swap both front and rear cover(oil pump etc...) and use the cast alu pan which is all fine. Oh and now it has 2 dipsticks lol.

So anyways I got it up and running the other night and the bottom end is super noisey. I can tell it has either a loose rod or main bearing and is about to let go. When I rev above 3k is really starts rattling (kinda sounds like a diesel!).

My question is what bearings do I use for the rods and mains? Are they obd-1 D15 sizes? I'm gonna pull it back out this weekend and order bearings Monday. BTW the block is stamped "ZC"

ps I might as well order rings since I'll have the rods out. Same as D15?

EDIT; one more thing. Should I buy an adj cam gear? When the t-belt went on it was always halfway in between a tooth. This is not a performance build so dont tell me to swap in a B16 like last time I was looking for a used Y8.

lilshady6796

well i have the same motor but the only difference between the ZC and the D16Z6 is the cam i believe correct if wrong, but they use the same rod bearings and piston rings, not the d15 the stroke is different, so get d16 bearings is my advice.

johnjw

hmm mods would this do better in the All Motor forum's(any possibility of moving the thread)? I really need to get bearings ordered Monday so I can get it back on the road next weekend.

94EG8

You need bearings from a D16Z6. D15B7/D15B8 bearings are smaller.