since my dayuuuum oil light won't go off i 'm gonna check my bearings and probably install new ones... can i do it while the motor is in the car and leave the pistons in or do i need to take it out and completely rip it apart for a full rebuild???

thanks
will

 

no, you cant check bearing clearance whilst the engine is in the car,

unless you turn the car upside down!!!

this is 'cause you need to check the crankshaft to bearing clearance with 'plastigauge' to choose the right bearing size...

and to do this you have the crankshft sitting in the block and you put the bearings and caps on, tighten them and see waht the plastigauge says the clearance is...

(it is a time consuming task and MUST not be rushed.)

i thought you said the engine was just rebuilt 2000 ago?

what did the person who rebuilt it tell you?

t..


[Modified by tinkerbell, 9:22 PM 7/25/2002]

 

Hey Will, have you checked your oil pressure!!!!

get a gauge, plug it in and check you oil pressure BEFORE you even think about ripin anything apart!

it could be an oil pump problem or even the pressue relief valve in your oil filtration system...

t..

 

here is another thing when i prepping the motor i found water in the oil so i drained it and took the pan off this is all before and cleaned it up and let it sit fora while then installed everythign back and fileld wiht new oil and cranked it thats when i got the oil light....the motor sat in my garage the whole time i dunno if hte water came form me or him... could this be the problem??? what do u think????



yeah i gota an autometer oil pressure guage and need hte fitting to install it so i'm waiting for that and i will go from there... i talk the guy who sold me it he said nothing was wrong wiht it when it was in his car... i change the oil pump already so the only thing i can really come up with is bearing clearances... i let u know how it goes though thanks for all your help!!!!

oil pressure relief valve for filtration where is htat located at???


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