hey guys, I was finally getting ready to put my engine back in my car this weekend and go get TUNED next saturday for the turbo setup that many probably saw a little over a week ago when i posted pics.....I dropped my oil pan and low and behold there were copper flakes just a chilling at the bottom :'(....My bearings are going, I dont know how long they have been like this but there is no knock what so ever in my engine and everything ran very smooth.. Anyways I am not going to chance it with the almost 2k invested with turbo... I am going to go buy my main and rod bearings today and replace those.
Here is my question. My pistons were in tolerance and were very snug against the cylinder walls. I am thinking about replacing my rings on them when I do the bearings and call it a day. I know that I will have to hone out my cylinders so the rings will seal, but here is the thing. I have everything completely assembled on my top end now, it was ready to go in the engine bay after i hooked up my oil return line. I read somewhere that you can't pull the pistons out the bottom, although I have never heard this I was wondering if that is true. If it is not then i am just going to rotate the engine on the stand and pull the crank, rods, pistons. After that I can just hone the walls and put the new rings and bearings in place and drop everything back in....

How does this sound, is it a gameplan or do I have to pull the damn pistons out the top? Now I have to fool with the timing belt and covers one more time, grrrrr.... This turbo better be promising
Also should i go ahead and put another oil pump in it while I have it droped?

 

well, according to the helms it says to hammer it out from the bottom (so that the pistons come out the top). While you're there I would just replace the oil pump as well.

 

the pistons will not come out through the bottom, gonna have to pull the head if you wanna replace the rings

 

even after pulling the crank out they will not come out the bottom, cuz i have to pullt the crank out to put the new bearings in.