This is precisely what I did. At this point, I could care less. I'm so fed up with it right now that if the engine explodes, at least I could part the rest of the sum-bitch out. > -----Original Message----- > From: cruznmd [mailto:racuti1@xxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 12:06 PM > To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [DMCForum] Re: The third circle of hell, or should I say "liner" > > Ahhhhhhhh.......remember when I panicked about this? > > Man I love this! I'm not the only one! (Sorry man) > > How did you shift them? Trying to get the crank pulley nut off or > what? How much did they shift? > > Ok first, according to Martin and the DMCH dream team, this is bad. > You can never tell if they kept their seal or not. These things are > micro thin, and supposedly, they ruin for sure every time if you lift > the liners. The amount of pressure put on them by bolting the head > down is NOT necessarily enough. You'd think so though. Anyway: > > I'm about to make a confession here that will shock some folks. > > Not only did I "suspect" my liners of lifting, I lifted TWO of them an > inch or so each. I almost cried. > > Like Walt said, "Put the damn thing back together and see what happens". > > I'm happy to report that after running the car, there is no coolant in > my oil and everything seems sealed. > > All you can do, is what I did. Either rip it out, and tear it down, or > put it back together and "see what happens". > > I took a huge chance that after 20 years the seals would stick to the > liners or stick to the block and that they would come back together > ok. I was right. That DOESN'T mean that everyone will get away with it > but it's worth a try. > > By the way Travis, I wrote a huge, comprehensive tech article covering > all of this. The timing chain cover, the liners, every mistake I made! > > Why aren't you using it?? It's free for cryin' out loud! Hell, it even > has Dave Stragand's seal of approval on it! > > Hang in there. > > Rich > #5335 > > > --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Travis Goodwin <tgoodwin@xxxx> wrote: > > That's right. Two of my piston liners moved. > > > > Everyone is saying how awful and terrible it is and that my life > will never > > be the same, but for the life of me I can't figure out how so. > > > > The Volvo manual states and I quote: > > > > "Caution! Make sure the cylinder heads do not separate from the > seals at the > > lower seat. If this happens, coolant can flow into the crankcase > > necessitating a complete engine tear-down and cleaning." > > > > When you remove the head, under normal circumstances there would be > coolant > > in the block, which could run into the crank case if they moved. In > my case, > > the block is bone dry, so there was nothing to fall in. I suppose it's a > > possibility that coolant could leak beneath it when the head is on, > but it > > seems very remote. The amount of pressure that will be placed on > them from > > the top that should be more than enough to seal them back. > > > > And the seals are attached to the bottom of the liner and cannot move or > > shift, so there's no off-kilter seals to worry about. > > > > Let's say for arguments sake that I have to strip it down, take out the > > pistons and check the liners. Well, you have the same problem as > before. YOU > > MOVED THE LINERS... and this time you took them all the way out. > Who's to > > say when you put them back you got them down correctly? > > > > See my point, or am I blowing smoke? > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor <http://rd.yahoo.com/M=259395.3614674.4902533.1261774/D=egroupweb/S=170512 6215:HM/A=1524963/R=0/SIG=12o885gmo/*http://hits.411web.com/cgi-bin/autore dir?camp=556&lineid=3614674?=egroupweb&pos=HM> <http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=259395.3614674.4902533.1261774/D=egroupm ail/S=:HM/A=1524963/rand=265951979> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> .
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