Post by White87GT on Feb 15, 2005 23:12:23 GMT -5
Well guys, I had nothing better to do tonight, so I decided to finish tearing down the engine. Anyways, I'm going to go ahead and apologize for the quality of the pics, the digital camera that I'm using is not the best.
Walking into the garage we find this....
Other side....
Nice and semi clean workbench. Note the impact wrench, VERY nice thing to have when tearing down an engine, especially one in this condtion.
Another quick picture of the engine from the other side....
After working around the engine for a few minutes, and reading some of the BGB, I removed the distributer. It was covered in oil, probably shot.
This is taken from the firewall side of the engine. No, we dont have ANY oil leaks, do we?
After removing the distributer, I removed the top timing belt cover. Apparently there's not supposed to be oil on the timing belt. There was....
Then I pulled the plugs out of the engine. This might be one of the reasons that it was running like a POS. Look at the gaps on the plugs. TOTALLY different. I guess I learned my lesson here, pull the things and check em.
Quick picture of the engine with the exhaust manifold removed. I had no problems with bolts or nuts stripping. I swear by that impact wrench.
After removing the water neck, and the water return pipes...
No throttle body....
Intake manifold removed. This one was decently hard and took two people. The main engine harness happily gets in the way here. *Note - The fuel rail is still on the engine, and the main harness is still connected.
Nice and dirty intake manifold....
For those of you who were wondering if T-VIS was incorperated into the head or the intake manifold, here's the answer......
Quick note on T-VIS, it looks like just the butterfly's can be removed, and you could leave the rest of the system in place. This would eliminate the gains of T-VIS, but I've seen people ask before. Mine are sticking, and are hard to move. I know why it didn't feel like it was kicking in now. One more mystery solved.
After taking off the fuel rain and the main engine harness. Gonna be a PITA to get that harness back in.
Valve Covers removed....nice and oily, just like it should be.
Cams removed. Still oily.
Another angle...
Cylinder head removed. YAY for carbon buildup.
Yup, theres still carbon there.
Cylinder walls look decent. I couldn't really tell. There do appear to be some minor verticle scratches, but they dont look deep.
Valves....
I'm pretty sure that the valves are shot. I'm just hoping that the block and head aren't warped. I'll take them and get them cleaned over the weekend and we'll find out.
A few things that I noticed when tearing this thing down.
1. A full can of PB blaster is your friend. Thankfully, I had no problems with rounded or broken bolts. I used this stuff liberally whenever and were ever I could.
2. An impact wrench makes things SO much easier. If you can get access to one, do.
3. The harness connectors can be hard to get off. A couple of different sized common (flat) headed screw drivers are REALLY needed to get them off without breaking them.
4. Most of the hoses will be cracked and brittle, so be gentle. I did not spray the hoses with anything, in the hope of not damaging them. I used a common headed screw driver to go under them and pry them off. I did have a few just rip on me due to being way to dry. Go slow and mos of it will be ok.
5. Lable EVERYTHING unless your Jeremy. Even then, he should to. I labled and put bolts and nuts into zip-loc bags based on what where they came from.
6. A BGB is PRICELESS in this situation. I didn't even crack open my chiltons, just used the Toyota book. Be weary of the SST's though. They don't exactly explain what they do, and you have to improvise when you don't have them.
That's all I've got for now, I'm sure I'll have more as I tear apart the block in part 2.
Walking into the garage we find this....
Other side....
Nice and semi clean workbench. Note the impact wrench, VERY nice thing to have when tearing down an engine, especially one in this condtion.
Another quick picture of the engine from the other side....
After working around the engine for a few minutes, and reading some of the BGB, I removed the distributer. It was covered in oil, probably shot.
This is taken from the firewall side of the engine. No, we dont have ANY oil leaks, do we?
After removing the distributer, I removed the top timing belt cover. Apparently there's not supposed to be oil on the timing belt. There was....
Then I pulled the plugs out of the engine. This might be one of the reasons that it was running like a POS. Look at the gaps on the plugs. TOTALLY different. I guess I learned my lesson here, pull the things and check em.
Quick picture of the engine with the exhaust manifold removed. I had no problems with bolts or nuts stripping. I swear by that impact wrench.
After removing the water neck, and the water return pipes...
No throttle body....
Intake manifold removed. This one was decently hard and took two people. The main engine harness happily gets in the way here. *Note - The fuel rail is still on the engine, and the main harness is still connected.
Nice and dirty intake manifold....
For those of you who were wondering if T-VIS was incorperated into the head or the intake manifold, here's the answer......
Quick note on T-VIS, it looks like just the butterfly's can be removed, and you could leave the rest of the system in place. This would eliminate the gains of T-VIS, but I've seen people ask before. Mine are sticking, and are hard to move. I know why it didn't feel like it was kicking in now. One more mystery solved.
After taking off the fuel rain and the main engine harness. Gonna be a PITA to get that harness back in.
Valve Covers removed....nice and oily, just like it should be.
Cams removed. Still oily.
Another angle...
Cylinder head removed. YAY for carbon buildup.
Yup, theres still carbon there.
Cylinder walls look decent. I couldn't really tell. There do appear to be some minor verticle scratches, but they dont look deep.
Valves....
I'm pretty sure that the valves are shot. I'm just hoping that the block and head aren't warped. I'll take them and get them cleaned over the weekend and we'll find out.
A few things that I noticed when tearing this thing down.
1. A full can of PB blaster is your friend. Thankfully, I had no problems with rounded or broken bolts. I used this stuff liberally whenever and were ever I could.
2. An impact wrench makes things SO much easier. If you can get access to one, do.
3. The harness connectors can be hard to get off. A couple of different sized common (flat) headed screw drivers are REALLY needed to get them off without breaking them.
4. Most of the hoses will be cracked and brittle, so be gentle. I did not spray the hoses with anything, in the hope of not damaging them. I used a common headed screw driver to go under them and pry them off. I did have a few just rip on me due to being way to dry. Go slow and mos of it will be ok.
5. Lable EVERYTHING unless your Jeremy. Even then, he should to. I labled and put bolts and nuts into zip-loc bags based on what where they came from.
6. A BGB is PRICELESS in this situation. I didn't even crack open my chiltons, just used the Toyota book. Be weary of the SST's though. They don't exactly explain what they do, and you have to improvise when you don't have them.
That's all I've got for now, I'm sure I'll have more as I tear apart the block in part 2.
how long did all of that take you???
