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DIY: Engine Removal / Rebuild**updated 9/29/2012**
12-29-2013, 11:25 PM
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agh, I got excited for finding this! Sorry to revive this guys, but does anyone know of a thorough DIY rebuild thread/video? Had an incident yesterday and I'm pretty sure it's a rod knock/spun bearing. lookin' to get everything I need and sorted out soon since the S is my daily. 
01-04-2014, 07:10 AM
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Jordan...in your honest opinion....how much effort would it take to successfully do an engine build DIY to a point that anyone could use it, and build and an engine that can safely go the amount of miles that a brand new one can?
I personally feel it is impossible. It's like asking for a DIY to fix my back problems. It takes many years of experience and a lot of mechanical reasoning. This is why I think so many rebuilt engines fail, because there is just so much to attend to and many steps get skipped because they are simply not written. They are learned.
I think the idea looked good when the OP started, but he soon realized the intensity of it all. If it took that many pics and steps to convey what I consider 3 minutes worth of work, I couldn't imagine what the read-through would be on cross-hatching the cylinders, setting and ADJUSTING the bearing clearances to .0015 or phasing the rings.
When people build engines, they put ACL bearings in and call it good.
This is not engine building this is cutting corners.
.0023 is unacceptable, right?
I personally feel it is impossible. It's like asking for a DIY to fix my back problems. It takes many years of experience and a lot of mechanical reasoning. This is why I think so many rebuilt engines fail, because there is just so much to attend to and many steps get skipped because they are simply not written. They are learned.
I think the idea looked good when the OP started, but he soon realized the intensity of it all. If it took that many pics and steps to convey what I consider 3 minutes worth of work, I couldn't imagine what the read-through would be on cross-hatching the cylinders, setting and ADJUSTING the bearing clearances to .0015 or phasing the rings.
When people build engines, they put ACL bearings in and call it good.
This is not engine building this is cutting corners.
.0023 is unacceptable, right?
01-04-2014, 10:46 AM
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Jordan...in your honest opinion....how much effort would it take to successfully do an engine build DIY to a point that anyone could use it, and build and an engine that can safely go the amount of miles that a brand new one can?
I personally feel it is impossible. It's like asking for a DIY to fix my back problems. It takes many years of experience and a lot of mechanical reasoning. This is why I think so many rebuilt engines fail, because there is just so much to attend to and many steps get skipped because they are simply not written. They are learned.
I think the idea looked good when the OP started, but he soon realized the intensity of it all. If it took that many pics and steps to convey what I consider 3 minutes worth of work, I couldn't imagine what the read-through would be on cross-hatching the cylinders, setting and ADJUSTING the bearing clearances to .0015 or phasing the rings.
When people build engines, they put ACL bearings in and call it good.
This is not engine building this is cutting corners.
.0023 is unacceptable, right?
I personally feel it is impossible. It's like asking for a DIY to fix my back problems. It takes many years of experience and a lot of mechanical reasoning. This is why I think so many rebuilt engines fail, because there is just so much to attend to and many steps get skipped because they are simply not written. They are learned.
I think the idea looked good when the OP started, but he soon realized the intensity of it all. If it took that many pics and steps to convey what I consider 3 minutes worth of work, I couldn't imagine what the read-through would be on cross-hatching the cylinders, setting and ADJUSTING the bearing clearances to .0015 or phasing the rings.
When people build engines, they put ACL bearings in and call it good.
This is not engine building this is cutting corners.
.0023 is unacceptable, right?
I couldn't agree more.
Engine building is not as simple as following the steps in a book. It takes years as you said, to be able to properly cover all the bases and ensure you end up with a reliable product in the end.
SIMPLY PUT- IF YOU NEED A DIY TO REBUILD THIS ENGINE, YOU SHOULD NOT BE ATTEMPTING TO REBUILD THIS ENGINE.
Oh and ACL bearings for this motor are a joke.... Honda has one of the most impressive and easy systems put in place to properly do bearings for this motor, why others choose to cheap out and go ACL is beyond me...
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