Wow, that rod is bent like a pretzel :eek.:. What else would cause that except a hydro lock if the top of the piston is not damaged?
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- Thread starter tchuck
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Not sure. Boost maybe? Im not sure how to tell if its evert been boosted but here was definitely evidence of water in the cylinders...
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- Portland, OR
Are those pics of my engine parts?
They could be... what's your PayPal balance looking like lately? :p
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- Portland, OR
I guess I forgot to post these pics of the pistons and rod bearings in my last update. Piston and rod #2 are mangled, and for that reason I'll probably scrap them all. None of them really look great to begin with...
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Rod bearings - almost all toast. #2 in particular (second set from the top) has the deepest scoring of this kind I've ever seen.
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Rod bearings - almost all toast. #2 in particular (second set from the top) has the deepest scoring of this kind I've ever seen.
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Had a few minutes last night in the shed. Pulled the water pump...
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...which looks pretty good. No play or broken impelled fins.
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Pulled this guy. I'll add the technical name after I look it up...
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Removed the rear half of the timing chain cover...
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...and then realized that i don't have the odd shaped socket required to remove the lower cradle that secures the crankshaft. Most of them were finger tight but I'll have to hit Sears before pulling the crank.
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...which looks pretty good. No play or broken impelled fins.
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Pulled this guy. I'll add the technical name after I look it up...
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Removed the rear half of the timing chain cover...
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...and then realized that i don't have the odd shaped socket required to remove the lower cradle that secures the crankshaft. Most of them were finger tight but I'll have to hit Sears before pulling the crank.
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technical name of that part is "oil pump" :D
What's that in layman's terms? :nerd (2):
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- Portland, OR
Really?? Wow, I feel dumb. Never seen one like that before...
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- brooklyn, ny
ha, nothing dumb about not knowing that bro, guess you wouldn't know until you've seen and had experience with something like that but now you know
but now you know 
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- 2003 FX45
Maybe its mentioned in an earlier post ... Do you know if the water damage or the coolant water variety or the flood water variety?
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- Portland, OR
The latter. The coolant channels are spotless.
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- Portland, OR
I don't know which you mean...?
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- Portland, OR
Success!
So, these are the bolts that secure the crankshaft cradle. They are spline drive and extremely tight.
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Initially, not having any spline drive sockets, I tried a 12pt socket. It worked for 12/16 of them, and stripped the last four. Leaving this:
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Thus began my struggle to remove the cradle...
First, I tried to drill and extract them with a bolt extractor, which failed. The bolts were far too tight for this method.
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Next I tried a version of extractor with helical threads, that supposedly screws onto a stripped bolt and breaks it free. Fail #2.
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Finally, I called a gear head friend of mine for advice and was turned onto these shark toothed bad boys, that are hammered onto the stripped bolt. Win!!
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Crankshaft cradle, risers, and end cap:
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Crankshaft:
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This is what a pair of piston oil jets should look like (#5&6)
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This is #3&4. If you remember the "mystery parts" I found in the oil pan, this is their home...
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#1&2.
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This is a cap on the top of the block that seals off a coolant channel. Is this where the Pathfinder cooling assembly connects?
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So, these are the bolts that secure the crankshaft cradle. They are spline drive and extremely tight.
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Initially, not having any spline drive sockets, I tried a 12pt socket. It worked for 12/16 of them, and stripped the last four. Leaving this:
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Thus began my struggle to remove the cradle...
First, I tried to drill and extract them with a bolt extractor, which failed. The bolts were far too tight for this method.
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Next I tried a version of extractor with helical threads, that supposedly screws onto a stripped bolt and breaks it free. Fail #2.
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Finally, I called a gear head friend of mine for advice and was turned onto these shark toothed bad boys, that are hammered onto the stripped bolt. Win!!
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Crankshaft cradle, risers, and end cap:
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Crankshaft:
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This is what a pair of piston oil jets should look like (#5&6)
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This is #3&4. If you remember the "mystery parts" I found in the oil pan, this is their home...
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#1&2.
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This is a cap on the top of the block that seals off a coolant channel. Is this where the Pathfinder cooling assembly connects?
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- Portland, OR
Main bearings - not looking good...
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The stripped block, ready for the machine shop:
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The stripped block, ready for the machine shop:
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- brooklyn, ny
those bolts are called inverted torx...
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- Portland, OR
I call them "sons of bitches".