crank oil seal,can you do it yourself and should u
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hello,i have recently become the proud owner of a beautiful cerbera 4.2 in gorgous prowler purple and i am very much in love with my new baby,but she's drippin from the crank seal.
i trained as a mechanic to nvq3, is this a job i could take on or should i leave it to the big boys?
also any tech info on torque settings for this job would be gratefully recieved.
yours hoping ben
i trained as a mechanic to nvq3, is this a job i could take on or should i leave it to the big boys?
also any tech info on torque settings for this job would be gratefully recieved.
yours hoping ben
ben rawlings said:
hello,i have recently become the proud owner of a beautiful cerbera 4.2 in gorgous prowler purple and i am very much in love with my new baby,but she's drippin from the crank seal.
i trained as a mechanic to nvq3, is this a job i could take on or should i leave it to the big boys?
also any tech info on torque settings for this job would be gratefully recieved.
yours hoping ben
Engine out job to do it right!
Not engine out.
But .. you need the TVR puller to get the front crank nose bearing out and very few dealers have that let alone indies.
the problem was that the front crank bearing also has a lip type oil seal in it, a pressue builds up between this oil seal and the seal you cna see on the outside of teh engine.
to do the job right you need to change the crank nose bearing for one with no oil seal in it, and change the outer seal too ..
but you need the TVR puller to get the crank bearing out .. a dealer should be able to do it in a couple of hours though so not a big deal, i ws doing maybe two a week at HHC when the fix first came through.
Oh and one last thing .. it'll still leak
But .. you need the TVR puller to get the front crank nose bearing out and very few dealers have that let alone indies.
the problem was that the front crank bearing also has a lip type oil seal in it, a pressue builds up between this oil seal and the seal you cna see on the outside of teh engine.
to do the job right you need to change the crank nose bearing for one with no oil seal in it, and change the outer seal too ..
but you need the TVR puller to get the crank bearing out .. a dealer should be able to do it in a couple of hours though so not a big deal, i ws doing maybe two a week at HHC when the fix first came through.
Oh and one last thing .. it'll still leak
trackcar said:
Not engine out.
But .. you need the TVR puller to get the front crank nose bearing out and very few dealers have that let alone indies.
the problem was that the front crank bearing also has a lip type oil seal in it, a pressue builds up between this oil seal and the seal you cna see on the outside of teh engine.
to do the job right you need to change the crank nose bearing for one with no oil seal in it, and change the outer seal too ..
but you need the TVR puller to get the crank bearing out .. a dealer should be able to do it in a couple of hours though so not a big deal, i ws doing maybe two a week at HHC when the fix first came through.
Oh and one last thing .. it'll still leak
ben rawlings said:
Not engine out.
But .. you need the TVR puller to get the front crank nose bearing out and very few dealers have that let alone indies.
the problem was that the front crank bearing also has a lip type oil seal in it, a pressue builds up between this oil seal and the seal you cna see on the outside of teh engine.
to do the job right you need to change the crank nose bearing for one with no oil seal in it, and change the outer seal too ..
but you need the TVR puller to get the crank bearing out .. a dealer should be able to do it in a couple of hours though so not a big deal, i ws doing maybe two a week at HHC when the fix first came through.
Oh and one last thing .. it'll still leak
fanxs for your input much obliged,in our opinion is it not worth doing it n just keep toppin the oil up n cleaning the sump gaurd????
trackcar said:
Not engine out.
But .. you need the TVR puller to get the front crank nose bearing out and very few dealers have that let alone indies.
the problem was that the front crank bearing also has a lip type oil seal in it, a pressue builds up between this oil seal and the seal you cna see on the outside of teh engine.
to do the job right you need to change the crank nose bearing for one with no oil seal in it, and change the outer seal too ..
but you need the TVR puller to get the crank bearing out .. a dealer should be able to do it in a couple of hours though so not a big deal, i ws doing maybe two a week at HHC when the fix first came through.
Oh and one last thing .. it'll still leak
Hmmmmm, methinks the source of these words of wisdom has been here before
Or maybe I'm just slow on the uptake?
trackcar said:
Not engine out.
But .. you need the TVR puller to get the front crank nose bearing out and very few dealers have that let alone indies.
the problem was that the front crank bearing also has a lip type oil seal in it, a pressue builds up between this oil seal and the seal you cna see on the outside of teh engine.
to do the job right you need to change the crank nose bearing for one with no oil seal in it, and change the outer seal too ..
but you need the TVR puller to get the crank bearing out .. a dealer should be able to do it in a couple of hours though so not a big deal, i ws doing maybe two a week at HHC when the fix first came through.
Oh and one last thing .. it'll still leak
How do you get to it with the chassis in front?
Edited to say: I only ask as when I wanted to do mine and could see there was no room to get into it several dealers told me engine out to do it right!
>> Edited by cerber450 on Thursday 21st July 08:21
cerber450 said:
Not engine out.
But .. you need the TVR puller to get the front crank nose bearing out and very few dealers have that let alone indies.
the problem was that the front crank bearing also has a lip type oil seal in it, a pressue builds up between this oil seal and the seal you cna see on the outside of teh engine.
to do the job right you need to change the crank nose bearing for one with no oil seal in it, and change the outer seal too ..
but you need the TVR puller to get the crank bearing out .. a dealer should be able to do it in a couple of hours though so not a big deal, i ws doing maybe two a week at HHC when the fix first came through.
Oh and one last thing .. it'll still leak
How do you get to it with the chassis in front?
Edited to say: I only ask as when I wanted to do mine and could see there was no room to get into it several dealers told me engine out to do it right!
>> Edited by cerber450 on Thursday 21st July 08:21
It's possible, trust me
you don't even have to life the engine on it's mountings. You do often have to heat teh alloy timing cover with a blowtorch to free the bearing if it's been in there a while though.
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