htwn-escort-boy Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 hello, i needa bit help on my daily, i got an 89 isuzu flat deck single cab ute, running the 2.3 motor, was drivn around 2nyt and it sounds like ive run a bottom end bearing, ok i can handle that, but my question to all the isuzu nuts is what the difference between the 2.3 and the 2.6, and not the 300cc(for the smart arses) do the run the same block but different bores etc? wld it bolt on to orginal. cause one of these may be better to go with, any help much appricated Jezz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cute wee gem Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 Yep will bolt up sweet as I'd say. may be a few fiddly bits but should be sweet, assuming its a 4zd1? Carb or injected? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
htwn-escort-boy Posted October 22, 2008 Author Share Posted October 22, 2008 its carby, but ive decided to just change the bearings, took motor out 2day bigend bearing cylinder 1, lil scratches on bearing, crank mint bigend bearing cylinder 2, same az above bigend bearing cylinder 3, scratching on crank, bearing delaminated in one corner bigend bearing cylinder 4, scratching on crank, bearing completly delaminated and sitting in bottom of sump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sentra Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 do people ever just take the sump off in the car and take the crank out, replace brgs and ressable? is this feasable? / not being clever i genuinly dont know/ (i realise most of the time the cranks fucked but yeah like in this situation) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raizer Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 do people ever just take the sump off in the car and take the crank out, replace brgs and ressable?is this feasable? / not being clever i genuinly dont know/ (i realise most of the time the cranks fucked but yeah like in this situation) Yeah it can be done, we did a con rod in place on my boss's old Delica van, it can be done on a lot of cars by dropping the Xmember and sump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unclejake Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 do people ever just take the sump off in the car and take the crank out, replace brgs and ressable?is this feasable? / not being clever i genuinly dont know/ (i realise most of the time the cranks fucked but yeah like in this situation) The crank does not need to come out to replace the B/Es (the bearings at the crankshaft end of the conrod) and on some cars you can get away with chainging the mains (the bearings between the crank and the block) by loosening the crank and being careful/rough. Taking the crank completely out of the insitu engine (RWD) will normally require gearbox removal so it isn't that small of a job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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