i think my friend is on the verge of spinning a bearing. he wants to replace all the bearing, main and rod bearings, is there anything else that he needs to replace.
if the crank needs to be micropolished, he will get that done.

i was thinking he will need:
main and rod bearings
head gasket


maybe:
new rings

what do ya'll suggest for him?

thanks

 

how do you think he is on the verge of spinning a bearing? please elaborate.

 

how do you know if he's on the verge of spinning a bearing...If you hear noise its ruined already...=new crank....micropolishing is out of the question..

 

https://honda-tech.com/zerothre...54787

 

ur missing the big facter here oil pump

 

any way he can check if its the oil pump?

 

yea hook up a oil pressure gauge and see what his psi is

 

its at about 18psi at idle. he checked it yesterday. i think he's going to drop the oil pan tomorrow.

when he turned it on, the oil light didn't come on anymore. he didn't drive it, just turned the car on and let it idle for a bit, then turned it off.

 

yea when the oil light comes on the oils psi is low i belive idle psi is suposed to be 40-50 so he might have a bad oil pump

 

idle psi at 40-50psi....ha...thats way too high.

your at 50psi when your cruising i believe.

idle should be about 15-19psi i think.

he drained the oil and you can see some little copperish glitter in the oil.

 

Maybe it's a thrust bearing or two.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by boostedeghatch &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">idle psi at 40-50psi....ha...thats way too high.

your at 50psi when your cruising i believe.

idle should be about 15-19psi i think.

he drained the oil and you can see some little copperish glitter in the oil.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Copper glitter would be a good sign of bearing wear. But even if he replaced the bearings, is there a bigger problem?

 

my ls/vtec idled at 45 psi.

 

What motor is he working with? 18PSI at idle is fine. If there is no metal in the oil you're good.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by boostedeghatch &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">idle psi at 40-50psi....ha...thats way too high.

your at 50psi when your cruising i believe.

idle should be about 15-19psi i think.

he drained the oil and you can see some little copperish glitter in the oil.</TD></TR></TABLE>
my gsr was at 100psi when drvin

 

its a gsr motor and my post above states he found copper glitter looking stuff.

a bigger problem, i don't think so. motor isn't knocking or anything. the motor sounds fine when you turn it on. you would never think there is anything wrong with it.

he plans on replacing the rod and main bearings, have all the clearances checked, piston rings changed.