Re: Uh oh

["David Teitelbaum" <jtrealty@xxxx>]

Refer to fig 72 on C:07:04 for more info about the "Liner Clamps". To
remove the nut on the pulley (which I personally have never done) I
would try getting a socket, a breaker bar, a piece of pipe to place
over the breaker bar and a large piece of 4x4. After putting all of
this together wack the pipe (which you placed on the breaker bar) hard
and fast with the 4x4. This should be enough to "shock" the nut off. I
wouldn't worry about having disturbed the liners. Eyeball the
"protrusion" of the liners. They should all be about the same. If any
are really sticking up then maybe you did disturb it. One of the
symptoms would include coolant in the engine oil. You really have to
read the Workshop Manual, especially when you are doing this kind of
complex work. There is a sequence of events that makes disassembly
more orderly. It is among the most accurate of the chapters becasue it
was derived from the Renault Manuals on the PRV engine. You also
shouldn't attempt this without having all of the special tools
available. Granted, in many cases you can manage without "special"
tools, but they always make the job easier with less chance of
damaging parts. If you can't get the tools in many cases you can make
them. The cylinder clamps come to mind as a very simple thing to recreate.
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757 


--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "cruznmd" <racuti1@xxxx> wrote:
> Wow...I'm glad I didn't push too hard today then. I would have liked 
> to have had this info earlier though. I've asked many questions on 
> head gasket replacement and it never came up. 
> 
> Word is, if I ever want to get that pulley nut off, I'll need an air 
> impact gun. Home depot sells one for $28.00 that makes 250 ft lbs of 
> torque. Is that enough? Also, if I hook it to a rented compressor 
> that makes 150 psi, is that enough to drive the impact gun to 250 ft 
> lbs?
> 
> And my final question today is: I don't believe I moved the liners 
> while I was fiddling around w/the crank pulley today, everything is 
> still flush and I didn't see anything move, but if I did shift 
> something and I re-assembled the engine, and ran it what would the 
> symptoms be? How concerned about this should I be? Do I now have to 
> take the engine out and apart?
> 
> 
> 
> --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "David Teitelbaum" <jtrealty@xxxx> 
> wrote:
> > With the heads off you are supposed to install blocks with bolts to
> > hold the liners down. These are included in the special tool kit 
> that
> > the dealers had. If the liners were to shift you would need to 
> replace
> > the lower seals.
>