Can you pull 502 BBC crank w/o removing heads
#22
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I will take ya'lls advice and strip it if signs of shavings anywhere other than pan and the oil filter since it only ran a few seconds when knocking. Of course it might have been tearing up one journal bearing for awhile before that just didn't start knocking untill restarted it.
thanks. I will give update.
thanks. I will give update.
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yea , as stated already , if you have metal in oil, you need to completely go thru motor.
i just had to do this , as a result of destroying a valley baffle.
oil filter caught 99 % of metal,,,,thanks WIX.
but tanked the block , all new bearings rings, washed soaked lifters real good,
then put it all together.
i just had to do this , as a result of destroying a valley baffle.
oil filter caught 99 % of metal,,,,thanks WIX.
but tanked the block , all new bearings rings, washed soaked lifters real good,
then put it all together.
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This takes me back to my 20's when I didn't have much money and did an in-block overhaul in my drive way. Pulled heads but not the block. When installing the crank, under the car it was a bit windy. Didn't plastic gauge and think some dust got on the bearings. I didn't get 50 miles out of the motor before the rods started knocking
On teardown, I could not believe how much foreign material was bedded into the bearing, and still functioning.
That is one factor of the oil suction dipstick style, the oil in the trap does not move, and does not represent the actual state of the engine oil. So when I check oil every daily use, I only saw clean oil. Blowing the tube out, will fix that though.
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If your at the point of pulling and opening the bottom end how much more would full refresh cost? I hate going over budget but the piece of mind knowing it’s good for another grand.