Wachuko

Nevermind... found it:

https://rennlist.com/forums/964-foru...oil-leaks.html

ian89C4

yeah, the cylinders were leaking a bit where they meet the case so I just said what the heck, why not do it now. So much work ahead of me though. Although some parts of removing the engine were annoying, like the throw-out bearing, it was still fun and enjoyable and I think that is what really matters in the end.

Wachuko

You will be one with the car after this... blood and oil brothers...

tgage

FWIW: The first time I pulled the engine on my C4, I did exactly the same as you. I got to tell you though that putting it in was a real two man job. Not sure why, but I really had a tough time getting the upper bolts back in attaching to the engine. It eventually worked, but I wound up scuffing a bit of the flywheel in the process. I now just drop both as the install is much easier.

tom

ian89C4

Yeah, after I pulled the engine I noticed that the trans torqued a little clockwise. This woried me but I figured that it was the lack of 400 lbs attached to it. I tried jacking up the trans just to see and it straightened out, but I do think that next time I will drop the whole thing. Oh well, I will know for next time.

ian89C4

Just a pic of the engine in her current state. Not too many problems tearing her down minus the siezed engine tin bolt here and there.

tgage

Ian,

How is your holiday project progressing?

tom

ian89C4

Its going, have number 1,2,and 3 cylinders off, just waiting for the seals to get here and we should be in business!

The only thing that I really had to run out and get was a longer breaker bar for the head stud nuts. Everything else has come off as you would expect from a 20 year old car. Had the folks over for Christmas so work halted for a few days, but now its going again when I get the time. No wonder these cylinder seals fail, they are really thin little tiny pieces of rubber. Mine were all cracked and sticking the case.

Here are a couple of pics of the engine all naked, the box-o-left side of the engine parts, and the general state of the garage.

ian89C4

Does anyone know of a good, not harmful to the components, way of cleaning the carbon off of the combustion chamber and piston head? I really don't want to take them apart as a close inspection of the tollerances and components showed that they are all in good shape.

Just for reference, be very careful when torquing down some of the bolts, I sheared off two smaller ones by accidentally going to 9 ft/lbs instead of 7.5. I wasn't paying close enough attention and in a hurry, taking my time is the big lesson for later teardowns

darth

To clean the carbon fast, soda blast or a slower method is soak in brake cleaner or a bit slower is carburetor cleaner.

ian89C4

good deal, I was thinking about using brake cleaner but didn't know if it would be good for the components.

Thanks!!