Friday, January 27, 2012

Can the big end shells be removed on a 2068cc Renault espace diesel?

my espace big ends are knocking a little, oil pressure is good I want to know if the bigend shells can be replaced in situ' without taking the engine out.

Can the big end shells be removed on a 2068cc Renault espace diesel?
Unlikely unless you can remove the sump in situ.
Reply:It will be very difficult to do unless you can first remove the whole of the front suspension. If it turns out that the crank needs to be dressed or re-ground you will need to remove the engine any way as you will not be able to strip the crank from the fly wheel.

My advice would be to drop the engine and gear box out from under the car and strip it down properly.

Ja.
Reply:yes they can but you have to loosen the engine mountings and jack the engine up a few inches to remove the sump pan the oil pick up strainer gets in the way otherwise
Reply:Have to change mains as well as these control oil pressure loss big ends use centrifugal force to generate oil pressure also replace pump as most likely cause of end failure


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